"As the Minister will know, I have made it clear that I am concerned about suffering in the last days of life. One of the key elements of that is palliative care. When one talks about treatment, one of the incentives for death is suffering. Does the Minister have anything …..." Lord Taylor of Holbeach - View Speech
"My Lords, I am reluctant to involve myself in this debate, but I see this whole legislative process as being about practicalities in the end. It is good that we have had an exposition of the articulation of the motivation of the people seeking success for this Bill, but I …..." Lord Taylor of Holbeach - View Speech
"My Lords, I do not often find myself at odds with the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, but I am on this. Indeed, yesterday I came up to London and my EMR train from Spalding to Peterborough was cancelled. I had to seek an earlier train, and then, on that Peterborough …..." Lord Taylor of Holbeach - View Speech
"My Lords, I think that part of the difficulty is that we are trying to find a pragmatic method of discussing this complicated Bill. There are some 80 amendments in this particular group and it is impossible for the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, to give justice to all …..." Lord Taylor of Holbeach - View Speech
"My Lords, I would just like to say a few words, because I actually believe that solar energy is a very good thing. We have installed it—and I must declare my interest, in that my family bulb-growing and farming industry business in south Lincolnshire is obviously on grade 1 land. …..." Lord Taylor of Holbeach - View Speech
"Before the noble Earl sits down, where is his amendment to improve the Bill? Why has he not presented something to this House? I think it insults the House that he condemns positive constructions from the House in general while not presenting anything of his own...." Lord Taylor of Holbeach - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter. We often debate and we do not necessarily agree; we do not on this occasion. I wish I were participating in the Second Reading of a government Bill, but we are where we are. Most of us …..." Lord Taylor of Holbeach - View Speech
"A number of Peers present at the moment, and indeed the Clerk of the Parliaments, went home rather late last night. As we did so—the door was conveniently left open for us to go through at our liberty—I noticed a large number of heavy-duty lorries outside, parked across the bus …..." Lord Taylor of Holbeach - View Speech
"The noble Baroness was talking about the minutes. I have asked the Printed Paper Office if it has copies of the minutes of the commission’s meetings. In fact, I have asked several times. There are some copies, but they date from February; they are on the table where we collect …..." Lord Taylor of Holbeach - View Speech