Debates between Lord Clark of Windermere and Lord Duncan of Springbank during the 2019 Parliament

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Debate between Lord Clark of Windermere and Lord Duncan of Springbank
Wednesday 3rd February 2021

(3 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Duncan of Springbank Portrait The Deputy Speaker (Lord Duncan of Springbank) (Con)
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The next speaker is the noble Baroness, Lady Masham of Ilton. Is the noble Baroness with us? We will come back to the noble Baroness. Let us go to the noble Lord, Lord Clark of Windermere.

Lord Clark of Windermere Portrait Lord Clark of Windermere (Lab) [V]
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My Lords, the Minister said that he believed there was a basic right to travel. I put it to him that there is an even greater right to live, yet we have the highest death rate per head of the population of any country in the world. Should we not put the right to live at the top of our agenda?