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Non-affiliatedBaroness Fox of Buckley's full title is The Baroness Fox of Buckley. Her name is Claire Regina Fox, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
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Ranks 49th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 4%. 107 contributions since 2024-09-04.
Baroness Fox of Buckley has engaged extensively on assisted dying and end-of-life care through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill across multiple stages in 2026. Her contributions have centred on concerns about the implications for healthcare workers' conscience protections, the potential redefinition of medical treatment, and transparency in how assisted dying is presented to patients. She has also raised broader health and social care issues including mental health, learning disabilities, NHS waiting lists, and cancer across various parliamentary debates.
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“…There is a well-documented huge surge of allegedly debilitating mental health conditions such as depression and neurodivergence. We accept these accounts of distress uncritically, and even without medical diagnosis.”
Welfare Reforms and Youth Unemployment · 2026-06-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Instead, at least partly, state agencies, from psychiatrists to the police, seem to have interpreted the Mental Health Act that we passed here as a signal to treat dangerous perpetrators as vulnerable and to avoid any action that can be labelled discriminatory or racist. The laws we pass have consequences.”
King’s Speech · 2026-05-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I can tell the House that those I know find that politicians’ enthusiasm for assisted dying—in preference to energy going into palliative care or hospices—makes them feel like a burden, and they are demoralised and dispirited.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…That is cynical misinformation and an undignified smear. So when—probably—or if any version of assisted dying legislation returns here, I hope that all sides will continue to read the small print, line by line, and that we will stop smearing each other and maybe work together on bringing through safe and workable legis…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 ·
“…Emma, the mother of Barnaby, one of the murdered people, said, “I don’t want to talk about race”, but mental health treatment was not given to him because it might be seen as being because he was Black. A bastardised anti-racism has not helped us here and will not help us hold people to account, either.”
Southport Inquiry · 2026-04-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…How can doctors who do not wish to offer or discuss assisted dying be sure that they do not face liability for failing to comply with their alleged duty to raise treatments? When I have raised such concerns with supporters of the Bill, I have been reassured that now that we have passed the workers’ rights Bill—there ar…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
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