"My Lords, given the number of questions that have been put to the Minister—and, indeed, to my noble and learned friend and to the mover of this amendment—I wonder whether it might be useful if we now move to the Minister and the others to answer some of these questions. …..." Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
"I will take the advice of the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, and now get rid of what I was going to say, because the noble Lord, Lord Markham, has said most of it. I now have only three points to add, so I thank the noble Lord for …..." Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
"The mover of the original Bill, as well as the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, have written to all Members to say that their door is open, offering to discuss a way forward. The offer has been there, and the noble Lord should accept that...." Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
"My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 350 in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, Amendment 416B in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Ashcombe, and Amendments 356G and 398 to which I have added my name.
"Before my noble friend goes on to the issues that will come under the strategy, can he confirm whether, if anything is agreed along any of these lines, separate legislation will be brought in? Our fear otherwise is that this Bill goes, and it is then a long time before …..." Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
"Does the noble Baroness accept—because she has been quoting some of the evidence given to the Select Committee of which I was a member—that the committee was not able to hear either from people who were dying or indeed from the families who had been through what she is talking …..." Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
"My Lords, the people we are talking about are dying, in suffering and in pain. They are not being offered; they are going to be asking. I think of a 23 or 24 year-old in pain and about to die, possibly within weeks or months, and we turn around and …..." Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
"If I could just finish. It has been a long time in this debate without hearing from my side—I want to come on to something that the noble Lord, Lord Deben, said anyway.
"I do not have to give way. I have been speaking for three minutes, and I have listened for some hours. I am sure the noble Lord can come back; it is Committee stage, so he can speak again.