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Lord Winston (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 January 2026

Debate

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Contribution

My Lords, I wonder whether I could briefly come back to something that the noble Lord, Lord Deben, said. I have a great deal of respect for him, and I agree with a great deal of what he said in his speech just now, but I suggest that, when it comes to medical practitioners and the medical and caring profession, the word “concerns” does not mean that they are against the Bill. It is very important to understand that. As a member or fellow of a number of these different organisations, what surprises me is how little of the correspondence from them is actually against the Bill. Sometimes there is some concern—of course, this needs reasonable regulation and proper agreement— but, overall, we must be very careful about how we understand their words. I have certainly not heard from my colleagues in many conversations over these past months that the Bill should be stopped. On the contrary; they are interested to see how it goes. I certainly think that many of them would say that they feel that this is a good Bill to look at.

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