Lord Falconer of Thoroton

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Division Votes
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Falconer of Thoroton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 141 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 298 Noes - 157
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Falconer of Thoroton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 135 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 309 Noes - 150
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Falconer of Thoroton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 134 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 295 Noes - 150
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Falconer of Thoroton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 133 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 147
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Falconer of Thoroton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 127 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 135
24 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Falconer of Thoroton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 143 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 244

Speeches
Lord Falconer of Thoroton speeches from: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Lord Falconer of Thoroton contributed 19 speeches (3,517 words) Committee stage Friday 21st November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care

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21 Nov 2025, 10:17 a.m. - House of Lords "circulated the updated grouping list yesterday. My noble friend, Lord Falconer of Thoroton has proposed a target for today's " Baroness Hayman of Ullock, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
21 Nov 2025, 10:21 a.m. - House of Lords "life bill. Lord Falconer of Thoroton. My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now resolve itself into a committee upon the " Business of the House - View Video - View Transcript
21 Nov 2025, 1:41 p.m. - House of Lords "noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, to listen to the concerns that have been " Lord Harper (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript

Parliamentary Debates
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 165 speeches (32,633 words) Committee stage Friday 21st November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Lord Harper (Con - Life peer) the debate is for us all—but especially the Bill’s sponsor, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton - Link to Speech
Arrangement of Business 2 speeches (575 words) Friday 21st November 2025 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab - Life peer) My noble and learned friend Lord Falconer of Thoroton has proposed a target for today’s debate. - Link to Speech

Written Answers
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Asked by: Lord Harper (Conservative - Life peer) Tuesday 25th November 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask His Majesty's Government whether any civil servants are working on the implementation of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill beyond the work necessary to improve the workability of the legislative drafting. Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) The function of the team working within the Department is to fulfil the Government’s duty to the statute book, with regard to the legal and technical coherence of the bill. Matters of policy have remained solely for the sponsoring members, the Hon. Member Kim Leadbeater in the Commons and the Rt Hon. Lord Falconer of Thoroton in the Lords, to determine. None of this work to date has been done with the objective of implementing assisting dying. Should the bill gain Royal Assent, this work would form the basis of an implementation programme.

Written Answers

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Asked by: Lord Harper (Conservative - Life peer)
Tuesday 25th November 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether any civil servants are working on the implementation of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill beyond the work necessary to improve the workability of the legislative drafting.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The function of the team working within the Department is to fulfil the Government’s duty to the statute book, with regard to the legal and technical coherence of the bill.

Matters of policy have remained solely for the sponsoring members, the Hon. Member Kim Leadbeater in the Commons and the Rt Hon. Lord Falconer of Thoroton in the Lords, to determine.

None of this work to date has been done with the objective of implementing assisting dying. Should the bill gain Royal Assent, this work would form the basis of an implementation programme.