"My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 320B and three others in my name in this group. The first clinical gateway in this Bill is the most important moment any of us will ever legislate for: the moment a doctor begins the process that can lead to a life …..." Lord Blencathra - View Speech
"If I heard the noble Lord correctly, he said that anyone going to A&E gets a navigator. He was challenged by the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, but he did not hear her question. She said that she never experienced that in her life and neither have I. If any noble …..." Lord Blencathra - View Speech
"My Lords, this may be a convenient point to speak to two amendments in my name in this group. My Amendment 320ZA complements Amendments 39B and 39C, which I briefly touched on in the last debate, by making explicit that non-medical motivations cannot drive an assisted death. It draws a …..." Lord Blencathra - View Speech
"This has been another interesting debate. Possibly more important than the speeches that we all made at the beginning has been the last 40 minutes of real debate and interchange with the noble and learned Lord. I am left with the feeling that many colleagues in the Committee feel that …..." Lord Blencathra - View Speech
"I think that I will have to check the record, as I firmly remember the noble and learned Lord using the word “possible”; it will be “possible” to discuss this. I think that most noble Lords who have spoken do not want the possibility of it being discussed but the …..." Lord Blencathra - View Speech
"My Lords, I think that the noble and learned Lord is utterly wrong in his last pronouncement. Misery should not be a reason for an assisted death. The misery might be able to be removed. At Second Reading, my noble friend Lord Moylan stated that many people do not actually …..." Lord Blencathra - View Speech
"My Lords, I was delighted to hear the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, hit every nail on the head of everything that is wrong with the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Birt. I shall speak to the amendments in the names of my noble friends Lord Mackinlay …..." Lord Blencathra - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak relatively briefly to the amendments in this group. I degrouped them for a technical reason. They are quite narrowly drawn. I know there is a group coming up, led by the noble Baroness, Lady Berger, that is wider ranging and more important than mine. If …..." Lord Blencathra - View Speech