"I had concluded my remarks but I am grateful to the noble Lord for raising this point. Precision medicine, and the advances that it potentially holds for all of us, is a wonderful potential breakthrough, but changes not just to the legislation but to the regulations governing it will be …..." Lord Gove - View Speech
"My Lords, the inference from some comments during the course of this debate has been that somehow the issues raised in Wales and by the Senedd are peripheral to the centre of this legislation—not at all. The issues that have been raised by the debate are absolutely central to the …..." Lord Gove - View Speech
"Again, for clarity, if it were the case that Welsh Ministers thought that NHS resources were better devoted to improving palliative care, for example, or to doing something else, if they said that they would not be providing any resources to support assisted dying, then it would be legal but …..." Lord Gove - View Speech
"My Lords, I am introducing six amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Frost. My noble friend sends his apologies to your Lordships’ House. He is unavoidably detained but hopes to join us during the debate before 6 pm. In his absence, given that these specific amendments relate …..." Lord Gove - View Speech
"I want to clarify absolutely what the noble and learned Lord the promoter of the Bill is saying. I believe he is saying that, if the Bill passes, we could have a situation where assisted dying is legal in Wales but the NHS does not provide any service—that is theoretically …..." Lord Gove - View Speech
"Before the Minister sits down, he said that Amendment 4 is unnecessary because the Bill does not do what the promoters of Amendment 4 argue that it does. He did not say that it would be malign, that it would frustrate the efforts of the Government, that it was wrong …..." Lord Gove - View Speech
"Of all the U-turns that have been executed since the Minister joined the Treasury team, whether on the family farm tax, business rates or the winter fuel payment, which is his favourite?..." Lord Gove - View Speech
"My Lords, I am wholly in agreement with the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, and my noble friend Lord Deben, that greater clarity, both from the promoter of the Bill and from the Front Bench, would assist the Committee in making sure its mind could be made up on these delicate …..." Lord Gove - View Speech
"I am grateful to the promoter of the Bill for that, but that is a broad defence of the legislation as written and it takes us to the critical question for the Minister, which relates both to resource and timing.
The Government have committed additional money for palliative care, for …..." Lord Gove - View Speech