"My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Patel, spoke movingly and others spoke powerfully to make the case for palliative and end-of-life care, and I will not seek to repeat what they said. The whole of Parliament has expressed that view extensively over the last 18 months.
"I also strongly welcome the leadership that the noble Baroness, Lady Shawcross-Wolfson, has shown in tabling her amendment, which is before the Committee. To paraphrase her speech, the proposition, in essence, is that Parliament should help save the Government from themselves. When it comes to these workforce questions, the dual …..." Lord Stevens of Birmingham - View Speech
"My Lords, I support the amendment in the names of the noble Earl, Lord Howe, the noble Lord, Lord Kakkar, and other noble Lords, because it draws attention to the fact that we are on the cusp of a huge reorganisation, yet there is a remarkable lack of clarity as …..." Lord Stevens of Birmingham - View Speech
"I declare my interest as an honorary officer in the Royal Naval Reserve and as chair of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust. At this stage of the debate, after such a wide-ranging and thoughtful set of contributions, I will make just three brief points.
"My Lords, I declare my interests as chair of King’s College London and as an honorary fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. At this stage of the debate, I will just draw out a few of the salient points that we have heard so far and pose one or two related …..." Lord Stevens of Birmingham - View Speech
"The firebombing of synagogues, the Golders Green stabbings, the Heaton Park murders—the whole country clearly needs to wake up to what is happening. The Government are right, finally, to proscribe the Iranian IRGC—which the head of MI5 says has been linked to over 20 deadly plots on our soil in …..." Lord Stevens of Birmingham - View Speech
"My Lords, I pile on to the congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Patel, on this fantastic session. Given the excellence of the contributions that we have already heard, I will just draw out a small number of things. I will try not to be duplicative of the brilliant contributions …..." Lord Stevens of Birmingham - View Speech
"I will be equivalently concise. It is important to connect Amendment 657, which specifies that assisted dying
“is not to be regarded as medical treatment”,
with our debate on the broader conscience protections that the Bill needs to include. The reason is not just that regarding assisted dying as a …..." Lord Stevens of Birmingham - View Speech
"I thank the noble and learned Lord for giving away. One answer would be to simply put in the Bill that this is not a treatment, in which case all the other consequences would not arise. The question, just to clarify, is: is he saying that assisted dying is deemed …..." Lord Stevens of Birmingham - View Speech