Baroness O'Loan (CB)

My Lords, noble Lords will forgive me as we start again down this road of dealing with the past in Northern Ireland. I feel again the trauma of the bomb which took my unborn baby’s life, and I find it

My Lords, I will make just two points. First, I welcome the commitment in the gracious Speech to process the Hillsborough Bill, creating a duty of candour for public servants. As His Majesty said, “th

The 12 minutes include the interruptions I have suffered. I pay tribute to all those who have written to encourage us as we fulfil our duties as legislators in your Lordships’ House in scrutinising th

This Bill seeks to provide for individuals to be provided by doctors with fatal drugs to kill themselves. Where those patients cannot self-administer, Clause 25(8) says that “the coordinating doctor m

My Lords, to be accused of nonsense is slightly unsettling. I do not accept the accusation. The reality is that we have considered in depth a number of issues—

The noble and learned Lord is interrupting me but I am not going to give way. As the Constitution Committee of your Lordships’ House said, it is our duty to scrutinise, approve, amend or reject any Bi