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Lord Mawson (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 January 2026

Debate

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Contribution

My Lords, I said to the noble and learned Lord earlier that in some ways, this feels—from where I have spent a lot of my life, in the East End of London—like quite a white, middle-class conversation. Where I spend my life, one is dealing with every nationality on earth, often with lots of people whose grasp of English, in communication and really understanding what they are saying to each other, is quite complicated. I am just trying—because I am a practical person—to understand how this will work in practice. How will one ensure that, with the panel and the doctors, you will have in that process the people with the language and other capabilities and skills to really know what informed consent is? How much will it cost to ensure that all those elements are in this process?

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