"My Lords, I support Amendment 472, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Gray of Tottenham, to which I added my name, along with the noble Lord, Lord Goodman of Wycombe. I also support Amendment 941 from the noble Lord, Lord McColl of Dulwich, and I will just say a few …..." Baroness Lawlor - View Speech
"My Lords, I was going to speak to Amendment 146, in the name of my noble friend Lady Eaton, to which I have added my name. It concerns care homes and a duty on the commissioner to identify and monitor emerging risk and report systemic risk to the Secretary of …..." Baroness Lawlor - View Speech
"We are proposing and debating a piece of legislation at this moment. We are concerned about the safeguards in the current proposed piece of legislation. The noble Baroness, Lady Gray of Tottenham, has proposed that the reviewing panel must raise with the person considering assisted suicide whether they have discussed …..." Baroness Lawlor - View Speech
"My Lords, the Government’s EU trade reset has failed to achieve its three main trade objectives, on which I will focus. There has been no agreement on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications and no end to the restrictions on UK touring artists, about which we have heard more today. …..." Baroness Lawlor - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak in support of Amendment 111 in the name of my noble friend Lady Eaton. This would require a higher bar for proving capacity in care homes and nursing homes. The noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, has already referred to the data: the evidence of higher cognitive …..." Baroness Lawlor - View Speech
"I have difficulty with the noble and learned Lord’s answer in respect of the Mental Capacity Act. He is absolutely right to say that, if you do not have capacity, you cannot avail yourself of this, but the Mental Capacity Act also says that you should not be judged not …..." Baroness Lawlor - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak in favour of my Amendment 110B, which would disapply Section 3(2) of the Mental Capacity Act, which, in effect, allows a person to be regarded as able to make a decision for himself
"If the noble and learned Lord is not going to write to Sir Chris Whitty to find out further, can he remind us to what evidence he referred when he gave his judgment that the Mental Capacity Act 2005 was suitable for the purposes of this Bill?..." Baroness Lawlor - View Speech
"I want to speak to the three amendments which I have tabled in this group. I urge noble Lords to show the normal courtesies that we extend when a Peer is speaking to an amendment that he or she has tabled.
"I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, but I will go on to Amendment 461H on in-person consultations. We have already heard from the proposers of Amendment 460, which would require that this consultation be in person. My amendment would require this, but it would also add that the gestational …..." Baroness Lawlor - View Speech