MP Dedicates’ Right To Be Forgotten’ Bill Speech To Relative Battling Cancer

Parliament this week debated the Right to Be Forgotten Bill, a measure aimed at ensuring that individuals are not unfairly burdened for life by past illness or hardship once they have recovered.

The bill seeks to guarantee that a person’s medical history, particularly serious childhood illness, does not continue to limit opportunities such as accessing bank loans, purchasing a first home or starting a business.

This was a Private Member’s Bill put forth by Labour MP Amanda Spiteri Grech, who said that the bill intends to bring dignity back to those who have won their life’s hardest battle.

During the debate, MP Ramona Attard marked her first speech of the year and almost one year since taking the parliamentary oath.

Attard dedicated her speech to her young second cousin, Ivy Rose, who at just one and a half years old is battling cancer.

She described how the courage of Ivy Rose and her mother has strengthened her resolve to ensure that no child faces closed doors because of illness or circumstances beyond their control.

The MP stressed that the Right to Be Forgotten Bill represents a commitment to opening opportunities and removing unjust barriers.

She urged Parliament to continue building a society where recovery, resilience and second chances are recognised, and where every child can look towards the future without limits imposed by the past.

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