🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 112 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Eaton, who cannot be with us today. I have put my name to this amendment, and Amendment 111. Although this is a small group, it addresses a very important matter. I endorse what the noble Lord, Lord Deben, said. I extend my sympathy to the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, because I know what it is like to have someone...
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My Lords, as a consequence of our earlier debates, as the noble Lord, Lord Markham, said, we know that in the context of applications for assisted suicide, the Mental Capacity Act, which is to be used for determining capacity, would permit an unwise decision—we have all agreed on that—even if driven by depression, loneliness or despair. We know that it would treat brief retention of...
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Those are both qualified as exceptions. I will carry on.
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I will revert to the Bill and come back to the noble and learned Lord in due course. If I am wrong, I apologise. The noble and learned Lord has committed, in your Lordship’s House, to build special protection for those currently or recently subject to a deprivation of liberty order, as raised by the noble Lord, Lord Markham, but the detail has not emerged. What will the specific protections...
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Before the noble Baroness sits down, can I ask her whether she is aware that recent research has shown that 42% of people think that assisted death is actually the provision of palliative care, and that it is actually quite important to distinguish between the two?
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My Lords, the issues raised in this group are extensive and a matter for great concern. Refusing food and hydration is a sure way to die, as, in many cases, is refusing treatment such as dialysis and insulin. Refusing food or treatment is a choice that a patient is entitled to make, if they have the capacity to make such a decision. However, that cannot translate into an obligation on the...
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My Lords—
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The noble and learned Lord keeps saying that we have only got to Clause 1 or Clause 2, but the reality is that over these nine days we have discussed multiple clauses of and schedules to the Bill. It is misleading to suggest that we have only done Clause 1 and a bit of Clause 2.
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask His Majesty's Government what provision exists to ensure that training is provided to school staff on identifying and responding to severe allergic reactions.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to create a strategy for tackling violence against boys and men.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what resources they dedicate to the protection of boys and men from violence.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what resources they dedicate to the implementation of the strategy to address violence against women and girls.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to promote recognition of, and publicise information about, the need to care equally for all children subject to violence.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the government of India on the death in custody of Father Stan Swamy SJ, and the continued imprisonment of those allegedly involved in the Bhima Koregaon violence.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Iran concerning ending executions in that country.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to bring a case against Iran before the International Court of Justice for crimes against the people of Iran.
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