Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Debate
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Lord Winston
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Lord Winston ExcerptsFriday 6th February 2026
(1 week, 6 days ago)
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Lord Shamash (Lab)
Thank you. I apologise to the Front Bench about that.
The problem was, in the later part of his life, his lungs began to give way. I remember him saying to me, in the last two or three months of his life, “I just wish somebody could help me so that I could end my life”. Watching a member of your close family die from a horrendous disease is something I hope the House will take into account. I am very concerned about Amendment 105 because I think is very tough indeed, and I sincerely hope that the House will reject it.
Lord Winston (Lab)
Would the noble Lord agree that the word is “suffocated”, rather than “die”?
Lord Shamash (Lab)
I apologise. Yes, the word is “suffocated”—he was suffocating as his lungs began to fade.