Powers of Attorney Bill

I welcome the Bill and congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for South Basildon and East Thurroc...

It is a privilege to follow the excellent speech of my hon. Friend the Member for North West Norf...

I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Guildford (Angela Richardson) for her excellent speech. I...

It is an honour to speak on this Bill, brought forward and championed so ably by my hon. Friend t...

So far in this debate, we have all talked about how we are going to be moving to a far more digit...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight those issues regarding the digitalisation of the ...

My hon. Friend is making a valuable contribution, as she always does. Does she share my concerns ...

My hon. Friend makes a key point. The Ministry of Justice might want to look at what public-secto...

I am very interested to hear my hon. Friend’s experience with this process. Does she agree with m...

I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. We went through our family solicitor, who is somebody th...

My hon. Friend continues to amaze me with the quality of her speech and the points she makes. Doe...

Again, my hon. Friend is absolutely right. I say to people in this House, and across the country,...

I am struck by my hon. Friend’s speech and her reference to her father—I am very sorry about that...

I agree 100%. We know the progress of conditions such as Alzheimer’s and dementia can be slow or ...

My hon. Friend is being generous in taking interventions. Conversations about lasting power of at...

I absolutely agree. We never know what fate has in store for us, and I urge my hon. Friend to put...

My hon. Friend makes an important point that everyone should have these conversations, but not ev...

Again, I agree wholeheartedly with my hon. Friend. One of the reasons I support the Bill is that ...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for supporting my Bill and being so eloquent in her explanation o...

I agree with my hon. Friend, who is responsible for the Bill. Everything we do with it has to imp...

It is a pleasure and an honour to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westm...

My hon. Friend is making an important point. Does he agree that, rather than waiting for someone ...

That is an extremely important point, to which I think my hon. Friend referred in her speech. I r...

I hope I am not going beyond the scope of the Bill, but does my hon. Friend share my concern abou...

I thank my hon. Friend for an excellent intervention, as always. She makes an extremely important...

From his experience with the Office of the Public Guardian, does my hon. Friend know whether its ...

I think it is for the Minister to comment on that point, and I would not wish to tread upon his t...

I should apologise for not mentioning my hon. Friend in my speech, because I am very grateful for...

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. Yes, I was surprised, but, as he said, it is a cumbe...

It is a pleasure to follow for the second time today my hon. Friend the Member for Clwyd South (S...

I am happy to confirm that I will have a conversation with a solicitor to draw up that will next ...

Being a good friend of his wife, I am sure she will be very pleased and putting roller skates at ...

I am happy to pick this up with the hon. Gentleman. We recognise that the Bill is not quite the v...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and completely agree; there is an outbreak of con...

It is a pleasure to speak in support of this incredibly important Bill. I pay tribute to the bril...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech and I thank her for her tribute to her mother, who s...

I am delighted that my hon. Friend has made that point, because I was about to come on to the two...

I call the Opposition Front-Bench spokesperson.

1.25 pm

I start by wishing right hon. and hon. Members, and you, Mr Deputy Speaker, a happy St Patrick’s ...

First, I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Basildon and East Thurrock (Stephen Metcalfe) ...

With the leave of the House, I will say a final few words. It has been an absolute privilege to t...