"My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, is quite right that autonomy is the basic principle under this Bill. In fact, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, told the Select Committee that the essence of the Bill before us is autonomy, which makes it an outlier. Terminal illness plus …..." Lord Farmer - View Speech
"I am supporting the inclusion of suffering from the noble Lord, Lord Frost, which is increasing the choice from autonomy to increased suffering. That is how it joins here. As many noble Lords have said, it is a very important area for us to discuss, and it is the underlying …..." Lord Farmer - View Speech
"My Lords, I should like to build on the noble Baroness’s question. Will the Minister advise whether this Government are still committed to Best Start Family Hubs supporting families with children who are older than five? It should go from nought to 19, or nought to 25 for SEND children, …..." Lord Farmer - View Speech
"My Lords, I rise in support of Amendments 43 and 49 tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler of Enfield, to which I have added my name.
In Committee, the Minister clearly understood the basic principle of this group was to ensure that young people leave care with supportive and, …..." Lord Farmer - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, for giving way. I rise to speak to Amendment 70, which my noble friend Lord Jackson, who cannot be here today, led on in Committee, and which I have signed. It would require the Secretary of State to lay …..." Lord Farmer - View Speech
"My Lords, in giving support to Amendment 22, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, I will also speak to Amendment 30C in my name and hers. These amendments would prevent serving prisoners—those on a hospital order and remanded— and bail defendants accessing legally assisted suicide.
"If I may try and answer that, the moral hazard is that the victim would have seen a criminal convicted, but the criminal would not serve the sentence given to them by the courts and would instead have an easy way out. You could say that he has six months …..." Lord Farmer - View Speech
"I thank the noble and learned Lord for giving way. I will comment on the other side of the argument, which is the moral hazard. This could be an extreme case, but I will give the example of somebody who has lung cancer and has within a year to live. …..." Lord Farmer - View Speech
"My Lords, recent international evidence found that unconditional cash transfers increase fertility. Families claiming health-related benefits are not capped, so even these workless families will get UC for every child, again affecting work incentives. Research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies found that money-per-child tax credits increased births by 15% …..." Lord Farmer - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on work incentives of lifting the two-child limit in Universal Credit...." Lord Farmer - View Speech