Arrangement of Business

Baroness Jay of Paddington Excerpts

Friday 30th January 2026 Lords Chamber

[The Lord Bishop of Southwark]

My Lords, I too wish to speak in good faith. That is what all our Committee consideration has been about, in almost every speech I have heard and listened to—and I have made an effort to attend a good number of sittings. I am very grateful to the Government Chief Whip for what he has said. I am also very grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, for saying on the “Today” programme that he now anticipates that the Bill will fall. So my question is: if and when it does, please will the need for a royal commission on dying well be factored into consideration?

[Baroness Jay of Paddington (Lab)]

My Lords, I think this is relevant to the points that have been made. If we did consider this Bill again under the Parliament Act, the amendments that this House had passed in this Session would have a far greater chance of surviving than those debated in subsequent proceedings. Therefore, it is important that those who wish to amend the Bill do so now—and, I would suggest, as speedily as possible.