"My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Browning, is not in her place, she has asked me to introduce her Amendment 538, to which I added my name. It simply says that it would require the Secretary of State to consult
"My Lords, I commend the introduction to this group by the noble Baroness, Lady Fraser. At the end of a person’s life, clear and honest communication really matters. When my husband was dying—he had motor neurone disease—he increasingly relied on AACs to communicate. This did indeed test everyone’s patience. People …..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech
"My Lords, I had prepared a longer speech but I will speak very briefly as most of the points that I wanted to make have been made. Of course, I do not want to see women unduly prosecuted, but I was reassured by the wise remarks in Committee of my …..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech
"My Lords, I fully endorse the amendments from my noble friend Lady Finlay, and I think they deserve rereading. There has been a huge misunderstanding of what she actually described. This was not something drafted on the back of an envelope: it is based on years of work spent thinking …..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech
"My Lords, when a doctor, the very person entrusted to preserve life and relieve suffering, raises the possibility of assisted dying, it is no longer a neutral act. For some people, particularly those who are depressed, isolated or overwhelmed, the mere introduction of the possibility of an assisted death risks …..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech
"My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 87, which details the exclusion of those with diagnosed eating disorders from accessing assisted dying, because I consider this a tricky area deserving of very careful debate. There are serious and specific risks that the Bill poses to people with anorexia nervosa …..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech
"A bespoke decision-making framework would initially be legally untested, but the same is true of the Mental Capacity Act, which, as my noble friend Lady Cass said, has never been operationalised or judicially tested in the context of assisted dying. The idea that the two doctors involved would be trained …..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech
"Let me frame it as a question then. Does the noble and learned Lord agree that there are already bespoke decision-making frameworks and that this is not novel in UK law?..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend, who has presented a different approach to assessing capacity. I was a member of the post-legislative scrutiny committee on the Mental Capacity Act. Both in my professional capacity as a learning disability psychiatrist and as a family carer, I …..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech
"Can I just a question? The Minister has suggested that these students could come and work in non-training posts. But the problem, as I understand it—do correct me if I am wrong—is that, for example, St George’s students must complete their foundation year in the UK to be eligible to …..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech