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Lord Harper (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 January 2026

Debate

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Contribution

My Lords, the flaw in that argument is that not all of the questions for the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, and the Minister have been asked. If they answered some of them now and more were then asked, we would need to hear from them again. That would not help the Committee make progress. It is better that the noble and learned Lord and the Minister hear all of the questions then respond to them. I listened carefully to the procedural debate yesterday. There was a great deal of concern that one of the reasons for the slow progress of the debate was the fact that many of the questions asked in the debate have not been answered by the Bill’s sponsor; indeed, the sponsor himself recognised that he needed to do better. That is welcome, and we look forward to hearing that later.

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