"My Lords, I support Amendment 424 from the noble Baroness, Lady Monckton, for the reasons that she has so clearly set out. I will not repeat them but instead seek to offer in my Amendment 425 a more judicious response than Clause 208 to the small number of prosecutions that …..." Baroness Stroud - View Speech
Mr Worby was jailed in December 2024 after arranging for a friend’s girlfriend to pretend to be pregnant and acquire abortion pills for him via the pills by post scheme. He then spiked a woman’s drink with those pills to induce an …..." Baroness Stroud - View Speech
This amendment would ensure that women are offered the best possible care at in-person appointments, where medical history can be discussed with a woman.
Amendment 425 is not about whether we are pro-life or pro-choice; it is about safeguarding women. Polling …..." Baroness Stroud - View Speech
Secondly, in-person consultations protect against coercion and abuse. Far from protecting victims of abuse, as is claimed, the lack of such consultations is a traffickers’ charter, allowing traffickers and abusers to cover up the effects of sexual exploitation by coercing their victims …..." Baroness Stroud - View Speech
"Can the Minister give her perspective on whether the arguments laid out today would be justifiable as reasons for a different form of treatment between the two categories: prisoners and non-prisoners?..." Baroness Stroud - View Speech
"My Lords, I support Amendments 22, 308 and 347, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson. Amendment 22 rightly seeks to exclude serving prisoners and those detained by a hospital order from accessing assisted dying under the Bill. As we have heard, the Bill speaks the language of choice, autonomy …..." Baroness Stroud - View Speech
"My Lords, I seek clarity on a point raised in precisely this exchange between the noble Lords, Lord Harper and Lord Lansley, particularly on the issue of “ordinarily resident”, following the enthusiasm expressed for aligning the language of the Bill with the usual terms of the NHS.
"My Lords, I want to speak in support of the noble Baroness, Lady Berger. I will limit my remarks because some of them have already been made by previous speakers. I think the reality is that maturity is a scale and choosing to proceed with assisted dying at the age …..." Baroness Stroud - View Speech