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Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 27 February 2026

Debate

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Contribution

I am sorry that we are doing this, but the person will be at home, very often, and bedridden. Are we actually expecting a panel to go to their home, into their bedroom, and do this there? Again, this is not the sort of world that I know from some of the people who I see living in surroundings where it would be quite difficult even to put a spare chair in their bedroom—they could be on oxygen, or whatever—for someone to see them there.

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