Baroness Grey-Thompson (CB)

My Lords, I thank everyone who has taken part in the debate today. I will not seek to sum up because I know we have a heavy schedule of business, but I think I am right in saying that there has been universal support for the amendment, which shows the devastating impact that situations like this can have on families. I want to place on record the immense bravery and resilience of Ceri and Frances for keeping going. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Shawcross-Wolfson, for sharing her experience, and I thank the Minister in another place, Josh MacAlister, for the letter that I received when coming into the Chamber confirming that there will be a report on this issue. I have a few things to mention. I am grateful that the wording and scope of the report, as mentioned by Minister MacAlister in his letter, is up for some discussion. We need to look at the point of diagnosis, as well as, when we are talking about families, making sure that we properly include siblings in that. I welcome the commitment in the letter to keep working with me, Frances and Ceri, alongside other experts. I hope the report he has agreed will be commissioned will be called Hugh’s report, and that we will be one step closer to making Hugh’s law actually happen. Given the commitments received today from the Dispatch Box and in writing, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.