"There is a big issue here. Other states around the world which have had assisted dying for some time have differences of view. In Oregon, which has had assisted dying since 1997, there is a requirement to keep the mother alive for as long as possible, particularly when there is …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak for just a couple of seconds as I am very mindful of time. I support Amendments 24 and 458 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson. We have had very little debate about the issue of pregnancy. I am quite shocked by that, …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"I will just come back on that, if I may. I would also say that the wording in the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, is insufficient, because it is a far more complex issue than that. As I said, there is a world of difference …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"I raise a mirror to the noble and learned Lord regarding his comments in 2021 during the passage of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. His view was very clearly that 21 is the unequivocal age of adulthood. I assume that he has heard the views across the Committee. …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, too often we have vague legislation that comes out of our Houses of Parliament, with phrases such as “shall have regard to”. I remember that the Speaker’s Counsel examined this at some length and when I was on the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission he said, in …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, the debate on this matter this morning has been enlightening from all sides, with many with many distinctive speeches that will stay with me, including that of the noble Lord, Lord Griffiths, who brought a very personal account, though he is no longer in his place.
"My Lords, I am delighted that my noble friend Lord Strathcarron has opened up this debate about privatisation. I have been the first to admit that previous privatisation was on a strange footing, but I notice that on my Southeastern service on the north Kent line, we are getting that …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, I am in favour of the amendments from my noble friend Lady Coffey. This has been a fascinating debate about the issues that we have with the devolution settlements across our United Kingdom. It is not only about the issues across the English-Welsh border, which have been so …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, it has been a fascinating debate, and I support the amendments in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Cameron and Lord Jackson. This is the type of debate that we need to have in this Chamber. These are wide moral issues that go to the heart of …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, I support these amendments in the names of my noble friend Lord Murray and others, which concern substituting the age of 21. I do so not because I think 21 is the perfect age but because it becomes a workable solution in trying to prevent the young smoking.