"My Lords, will the Chief Whip protect the House from what I see as double standards? Yesterday we received the in terrorem declaration from the noble and learned Lord the sponsor that he would do something that he has no power to do: invoke the Parliament Act. At the same …..." Lord Carlile of Berriew - View Speech
"Well, there we are: we know that the noble Lord adheres to the cab rank rule.
We have heard three very cogent speeches from the noble Lords, Lord Frost, Lord Carter and Lord Taylor, about the suffering point. If we look at the discussion we have had this afternoon, we …..." Lord Carlile of Berriew - View Speech
"My Lords, I would never stand in the way of a colleague who has a trial. I hope it is an important trial that will improve general knowledge...." Lord Carlile of Berriew - View Speech
"My Lords, I will add only a very short sentence to my noble friend’s excellent speech, and it is what AI says about AI. It says: “AI is technically capable of providing advice or information relating to suicide, but it is critically dangerous to rely on it for this purpose”. …..." Lord Carlile of Berriew - View Speech
"My Lords, I want to make two points about whether these consultations should be face to face. First, I remind the Committee of the General Medical Council’s remote consultation diagram, which is in the GMC guidance. It is not absolutist about whether doctors should see patients remotely or face to …..." Lord Carlile of Berriew - View Speech
"My Lords, I return us to Amendment 829, to which I put my name and which was moved by the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst. I added my name because I share experience with the noble Lords, Lord Hendy and Lord Sandhurst. We have all seen cases in which a potentially …..." Lord Carlile of Berriew - View Speech
"My Lords, I put my name to the amendments of the noble Baroness, Lady Berger, and I will not repeat what she said. She opened the debate on these amendments with superb clarity, characteristic of her contributions to your Lordships’ House.
"I do not think there is much difference between what I am saying and what my noble friend is saying. I am saying that, if this law is passed, people should be able to obtain assisted suicide because of intolerable suffering. I am not seeking to exclude other matters that …..." Lord Carlile of Berriew - View Speech
"I do not agree with the noble Baroness, much as I admire her contributions to this House. I believe that, as a legal concept, what I am suggesting is absolutely clear and could be defined properly if we were to use the courts to make the determinations...." Lord Carlile of Berriew - View Speech
"My Lords, my noble friend Lord Birt was, of course, perfectly entitled to refuse my attempt to intervene in his speech. I am, however, disappointed that he chose to defy the determination of this House that we should not have repeated Second Reading speeches. Every one of us here can …..." Lord Carlile of Berriew - View Speech