"My Lords, I declare my roles in palliative medicine, caring for thousands of dying patients over decades, and in Living and Dying Well.
The Bill as written does not improve patient choice or control. True choice would ensure patients can get the care they need. Control will rest with the …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, I have a probing amendment in this group, which came about because it struck me that we need to be prepared to think of the unthinkable. Sadly, there have been some tragedies in different schools in different places. There have been bus crashes and knifings. We know that …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, the hour is late. I have my name on some of these amendments. I simply say that the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has highlighted that around 16% of children aged five to 16 now have a mental health disorder. CAMHS cannot cope with this. The …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare I am a professor at Cardiff University. Can the Minister explain how there is co-ordination between the devolved Administrations? In terms of which Ministers and departments are involved, as mentioned in a previous question, I want to know how the co-ordination is happening to ensure that …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for taking a personal interest in this appalling, sad history, which has gone on for so long, and for recognising that there is a need to really speed things up. The slower it is, the worse the agony. Wrong has happened and recognising that …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, I apologise to the Committee; I should have declared my interests. I am an observer on the Medical Schools Council, I chair the Bevan Commission in Wales and I hold the chair at Cardiff University...." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, for having secured this important and timely debate, given that many doctors find in August that they are without jobs. Although those graduating in medicine in this country are guaranteed a pre-registration post, there are not enough posts for …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, given the commercial determinants of ill health that are now clear, what work are the Government doing with local authorities to make sure that shops such as greengrocers are available on high streets across the country, so that children can work through the lessons that they might learn …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, from these Benches, we too send best wishes to the noble Baroness, Lady Merron.
The stress on prevention in this plan is welcome, but it does not adequately address the commercial determinants of ill health. On every high street there is alcohol for sale which does not have …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"For mothers in those units, how is the monitoring undertaken to make sure that they are not being given drugs through illicit routes to maintain their drug addiction? Are they routinely tested for substances to try to help them come off drugs and maintain better bonding with the baby as …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech