"I am grateful to everybody who has taken part in this short debate. I pay particular tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Fraser of Craigmaddie, who discussed the issues with me yesterday and was incredibly clear in the way that she raised them today. She also raised the concerns of …..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"I will just pick up what the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, is saying. I think he is saying that the Act has been updated over the years and that people have taken account of improvements. He is absolutely right; from my own knowledge of the working of the Act, he …..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"I apologise to the noble Baroness. I was being told by the Whips that my noble friend Lady Berger has to withdraw her amendment first. I apologise for the discourtesy...." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"My Lords, I will act immediately on the words of the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, and respond briefly to what the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, and my noble friend Lady Berger said. Basically, they are referring to the problem of people who lack capacity and who have had …..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"It might help the House if I answer those questions, because they are rather at the centre of the debate. Before I get there, I should say that, in the view of the sponsors, the requirement to be registered with a GP practice reflects the reality, which is that in …..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"I am not quite sure I understand the point. If the position is that I have six months to live and I want to kill somebody, which appears to be the example given, I am entitled to an assisted death whether I am in prison or not. It would probably …..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"It is just such an obscure proposition that we should not determine our policy in relation to it.
Moving on to pregnant women, the amendments say that no pregnant woman should have the right to an assisted death and that everybody who wants an assisted death must have a pregnancy …..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"The noble Lord puts it accurately. Some countries have taken one view and other countries have taken another. It is clear from the choice that I am supporting that we take the view that pregnancy should not be a bar to it, though inevitably, as the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, …..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"I completely accept that there are vulnerabilities in these groups. The question is whether we should exclude everybody within those groups from this right. Should we exclude every single homeless person or prisoner? We can disagree on this, but I am saying that I do not think that is right …..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"I am obliged to noble Lords for all their questions. I will deal with the four issues that this group raises: prisoners, pregnant women, homeless people and those who are the subject of an education, health and care plan.