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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 January 2026

Debate

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Contribution

Canada has a huge number of cases; I will give just one. A gentleman was in hospital who had diarrhoea. The nurses were constantly complaining that he smelled and his room smelled, and he was told that he had COPD. He died by injection and the post-mortem found no sign of COPD.

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