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Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 January 2026

Debate

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Contribution

My Lords, I merely point out that this is not a choice between investing in palliative care or changing the law so that we have an assisted dying service. We need to do both. I am mindful of the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, about the lack of response from the Department of Health and Social Care. It would be very good if some others of us could press for that, because it would be interesting to know how, when and how much the Government are going to invest in palliative care. Whatever we believe about assisted dying, we all fundamentally believe that palliative care needs more investment and should not be a postcode lottery.

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