"My Lords, I support the point about lasting power of attorney that the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, has made and the noble Lord, Lord Harper, has reinforced, but I also want to look at it another way round. The fear—which is a very justified fear—is that the power could be …..." Lord Moore of Etchingham - View Speech
"My Lords, I find it strange that the noble Baroness, Lady Royall, should be making the argument that the word “dying” tells us all that we need to know. If that were so, we would not need the Bill. The Bill is about a very specific thing, which is choosing …..." Lord Moore of Etchingham - View Speech
"My Lords, I support these amendments, particularly those relating to prisoners and, indeed, what the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, so eloquently expressed. Just before I do, I will also support something that the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, who is now not in his place, said earlier, when he complained about …..." Lord Moore of Etchingham - View Speech
"I am grateful to the noble Lord. As I said, I will come on to the amendment soon, but I want to emphasise this point because I think that it matters a lot in this debate and will matter in the coming weeks. A particularly virulent article in the Times …..." Lord Moore of Etchingham - View Speech
"My Lords, I support the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Berger. It is reasonable to have these considerations about the different ways people think and feel at different times in their life. One of the big discussions we have more broadly about the Bill is about the cognitive capacities …..." Lord Moore of Etchingham - View Speech
"I do not want to detain your Lordships’ House, and the speeches already made by several noble Lords are very much to the point. I should declare an interest as a long-serving employee of the Daily Telegraph. In that capacity, I draw the attention of the Minister to what …..." Lord Moore of Etchingham - View Speech
"My Lords, like most speakers so far, I welcome the Minister’s tone in this matter. It is a change of tone, because in the past, so often, the Government have used word “co-operate” followed by the word “challenge”, and “co-operate” has been used as a way of degrading the level …..." Lord Moore of Etchingham - View Speech
"My Lords, may I ask the Minister a question as a journalist? I wonder what happened to Budget purdah. For years, we journalists could never get anything out of the Treasury before the Budget approached. Nowadays, we print story after story that the Government have kindly given us, then we …..." Lord Moore of Etchingham - View Speech