"My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 119 in my name and that of my noble friend Baroness Hollins. This seeks to insert a new clause to provide a mental capacity assessment for people with learning difficulties, and to have a clearer view of who would be able to …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"My Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 82 and 83A, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Polak. I note that Amendment 83, which was tabled by my noble friend Lady Murphy and the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, has been withdrawn. It would have extended the period …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"I just wanted to clarify what the noble and learned Lord said. He said, as I understand it, that he did not support these amendments because they would mean that a dying person would have to make difficult decisions. Is requesting assisted suicide not a difficult decision, which they would …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"May I ask the noble and learned Lord for his help? What should I say to people such as Tommy Bishop, and others, who have asked for extra protections in the Bill? Can I tell them that they will be safe?..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"My Lords, Amendments 88 and 89 are in my name. I tabled them based on my experience in my former career as an athlete, where I knew a significant number of men and women who had varying degrees of eating disorder. I probably had disorderly eating behaviour rather than a …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"My Lords, I strongly support Amendment 121A from the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett. I apologise for not speaking at Second Reading, but a number of amendments have emerged in this Bill that fit my wider interest in accessibility.
"My Lords, technology has gone a long way to helping disabled people to lead inclusive and integrated lives in British society, and I generally support the use of it. But for many of us who worked on the coronavirus legislation, where we had to make very quick decisions, the speed …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"My Lords, this is a really interesting group of amendments, and it has probably raised more questions for me than it has answered. When we talk about injury, I immediately think about people who have had a spinal cord injury and who have become a quadriplegic or a paraplegic.
"I understand the noble and learned Lord’s comments about “reasonably practicable” in relation to this group of amendments. But the Bill actually has “reasonably practicable” written many times—in Clauses 10, 11, 16, 18, 47 and 50—in relation to the length of time a doctor should take to write a written …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech