"My Lords, as Sarah-Jayne Blakemore has been widely referred to, it might be useful to directly quote her. She said:
“Most of these age cutoffs have not been based on what we know about brain development, because they were decided way before we knew anything about how the brain develops …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech
"Regardless of the amount of scrutiny, there are absolute conflicts between intent and delivery. The reason there cannot be trust in how we deliver this in real life is the very point made by the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, and the noble Lord, Lord Shinkwin: on the one hand, we …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interests as trustee of a children’s hospice. I also talk as a retired doctor with experience of looking after terminally ill adults and children. However, I also talk as somebody who is pretty familiar with conflict and polarisation, having been attacked and undermined on social …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech