"Will the noble Baroness accept that we would have to define “support” and how it is different from “bereavement services”? Then we will have more of these complications...." Baroness Hayman - View Speech
"My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, not least because I often do not agree with her but I did agree with several of the things she has just said. She started off by talking about the dangers of intricacy in what we …..." Baroness Hayman - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interests as a director of Peers for the Planet and a previous chair of that organisation. In this group of amendments, we address long-term systemic risks and how pension schemes both assess and manage them. All three of the amendments that we are discussing recognise …..." Baroness Hayman - View Speech
"My Lords, the noble Lord says that we should understand the ordinary meaning of words, and I agree with him. I must say to him, however, that my own mother—who turned her face to the door and stopped eating and drinking—did not commit suicide. We did not feel that. She …..." Baroness Hayman - View Speech
"I understand that, and I understand that my mother would not have been considered to have committed suicide. What I am trying to say is that her desire for her life to end, and the method that she took to do that, was not assisted dying. That was not available …..." Baroness Hayman - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome what the noble Baroness the Leader of the House said about looking at whether the Code of Conduct needs to be strengthened. But would she agree with me that in this House we do have rules of behaviour, an independent investigative process, and sanctions available when …..." Baroness Hayman - View Speech
"My Lords, I will briefly follow on from the noble Lord on the issue of overengineering. I had great sympathy with the words of the noble Baroness, Lady Blackstone, and I suspect that there is widespread support in the Committee that face-to-face consultations should, in general practice and in the …..." Baroness Hayman - View Speech
"I understand that the noble Lord was talking about a subset of consultations, but this is my point: I think he accepted that there might, in any process, be exceptional circumstances where a consultation was not in person. I am just saying that, even in that narrow subset, there might …..." Baroness Hayman - View Speech
"The noble Lord is of course completely correct that there is nothing in the Companion. It is however difficult for many Members, when they have spoken in a debate, not to be able to hear from the Front Benches because they have arrangements for another occasion. I say gently …..." Baroness Hayman - View Speech