"This partly follows on from the comments of the noble Baroness, Lady Fox. The noble and learned Lord mentioned in his previous answer to one of my amendments that the doctors would be able to investigate. I think many of us still do not understand how that investigation would take …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"So, the two doctors could ask an entirely different set of questions to each person who is requesting to end their life?..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"My Lords, I have three amendments in this group—Amendments 52, 58 and 181—which seek to explore coercion and ensure that people are free from undue influence, including social, economic and care-related pressures—not only active coercion, which is very difficult to prove. These amendments also seek to understand the reasons why …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"My Lords, there is probably one thing we can all agree on today: everyone’s frustration with the process of evidence giving. I was hugely frustrated when the committee in another place was looking for evidence but deaf and disabled people’s organisations were not able to give evidence, despite making up …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"My Lords, may I clarify that? I have just checked the information. My noble friend is correct in what she says, in that the support was 50:50, but the majority of respondents—64%—opposed expanding eligibility and 65% of them were not confident that consent could act as an adequate safeguard against …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"I thank the noble Baroness. At the Lady Mayor’s parade, a member of the public introduced himself and told me that this is what he was doing. We agreed to disagree on the outcome of the Bill. Slightly patronisingly, he followed this up by saying how wonderful he thought I …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interests in this debate: I chair Sport Wales, which is an arm’s-length body of the Welsh Government; I am the president of the LGA; and I am a director of Living and Dying Well. I also spoke recently at a fundraiser event for a hospice …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"The noble Baroness mentioned that the role of Ministers is to ensure that the Bill is legally robust, effective and workable, but surely safety has to play some part in that as well...." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 34 in the name of the noble Earl, Lord Russell, to which I and the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, have added our names. I declare an interest as the president of the Local Government Association. I thank ASH—Action on Smoking and Health—for …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"My Lords, I shall speak on Amendments 13 to 15. I apologise for not adding my name to Amendments 139 and 140, but I strongly support them.
I added my name to this group of amendments because I did not know an awful lot about oral nicotine. I was talking …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech