Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Lord Leong Excerpts

Committee stage
Friday 13th March 2026 Lords Chamber

[Lord in Waiting/Government Whip (Lord Leong) (Lab)]

Order.

[Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (DUP)]

I am finishing with this quotation, and it is just a couple of sentences:

“We also know that when you acquire disability, which most people do … it is absolutely frightening … If doctors are not on our side because they are thinking, ‘Should we mention the fact that they could have an assisted death?’, that poses a big cultural issue for the NHS, but also for us having confidence in the NHS”.

Prison Capacity Strategy

Lord Leong Excerpts

Tuesday 17th December 2024 Lords Chamber

[Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-Afl)]

My Lords, I apologise for missing the very beginning of this as I rushed to the Chamber. I congratulate the Minister not just on his Statement but on a lifetime’s commitment to rehabilitating offenders. The example he has set to other businesses when he was running—

[Lord Leong (Lab)]

My Lords, the noble Lord was not present at the start of the debate and therefore, according to the Companion, should not be speaking.

[Lord Hacking (Lab)]

Go on, let him speak.

[Lord Leong (Lab)]

No.

Arbitration Bill [HL]

Lord Leong Excerpts

3rd reading
Wednesday 6th November 2024 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Wheeler (Lab)]

This is Third Reading. We do not do long speeches. Please wind up. This is not appropriate.

[Lord Leong (Lab)]

Yes, this is Third Reading.

[Lord Hacking (Lab)]

I am sorry if I am taking a little time; I hear the Deputy Chief Whip. But it is important that we should look to the future and realise that this Bill is unfinished business.