Claire Hazelgrove
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Sep 11, 2026
Ashley DaltonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hear.
Susan HumeHOST
But another life experience led Labour's Claire Hazelgrove to the opposite conclusion.
Claire HazelgroveSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Today, I'm going to share the most personal of stories publicly for the first time.
Susan HumeHOST
She said that last October her mother, Ruth, had chosen to bring her late stage terminal illness to an end on her own terms at home with dignity.
Mark D'ArcyHOST
You, you mentioned Ashley Dalton, who was speaking about her own personal experience of having stage four cancer.
Mark D'ArcyHOST
There was Claire Hazelgrove, who was speaking about the death of her mother.
Mark D'ArcyHOST
The minister, Alison McGovern, slightly choked in the winding up speeches when she mentioned that her mother had died recently as well.
Mark D'ArcyHOST
So there was quite a lot of emotion flying around and quite a lot of really painful personal experience being processed in the chamber.
Andrew LewerGUEST
Absolutely.
Andrew LewerGUEST
And I've got huge admiration for, for everyone who made a sort of personal speech and were reflecting on their own experiences today.
Andrew LewerGUEST
Uh, Claire Hazelgrove, you mentioned my colleague, and Bradley Stoke, to have the bravery to talk about the passing of her own mother in a relatively, it's happened relatively recently, was just extraordinary.
Andrew LewerGUEST
So my heart goes out to her and, and everyone who found this especially difficult today.
Sean LayHOST
This time the debate was more fractious and attended by fewer MPs.
Sean LayHOST
Claire Hazelgrove, a Bristol MP, spoke about her mother.
Claire HazelgroveSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Mum's pain was excruciating.
Claire HazelgroveSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
She had access to good palliative care, but what we learned the hardest of ways is that not all pain can be palliated.