"I thank my noble friend the Minister for her reply. I want to ask specifically about the issue of late maternal deaths, which were significantly higher in this reporting period. Deaths linked to mental health issues, including suicide and substance use, were the leading cause of late maternal deaths. Almost …..." Baroness Berger - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the MBRRACE-UK 2025 report Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care 2025: Lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2021–23...." Baroness Berger - View Speech
"My Lords, my eight year-old daughter already has to go into and out of her Jewish school every day with a heavy security presence. There are security guards on the door and there are security doors in and out. She asked me if we should stop going to synagogue following …..." Baroness Berger - View Speech
"My Lords, there are passionately held views on the subject before us, and the informed and respectful deliberation so far shows your Lordships’ House at its best. We are being asked to legislate for autonomy, but we also have a duty to set out that principle within the reality of …..." Baroness Berger - View Speech
"My Lords, I have spoken already about how my experience as a Member in the other place has made me very concerned about this Bill, and more determined that it must not be a cause of further harm to vulnerable people. Many unanswered questions about the Bill before us have …..." Baroness Berger - View Speech
"I am very grateful for the intervention, and I was just about to come on to that, but I will answer that now. The answer is yes, absolutely. The intention is that all the evidence accumulated and amassed during that time will be published for everyone in the House to …..." Baroness Berger - View Speech
"At end insert “but that the Committee of the Whole House shall not commence before a report has been received from a select committee appointed by the House to consider certain aspects of the bill.”..." Baroness Berger - View Speech
"I thank the noble Baroness for her intervention. As I understand it, it is within the gift of the Select Committee to determine who will be called for evidence. I have sought to set out the key people, but of course there will be many other suggestions. Obviously, conscious of …..." Baroness Berger - View Speech
"That it is desirable that a select committee be appointed to consider the safeguards and procedures contained in the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill; that the Committee shall hear evidence from professional bodies, those with professional experience of coronial services, and Ministers; that the Committee, notwithstanding the usual …..." Baroness Berger - View Speech