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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-second sitting)I hear what the hon. Member says. My concern has always been the scenario that I described. If this legislation is passed and we push it forward, one death that occurs where…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-second sitting)Indeed, these are complex matters and these comparisons are made. We have heard a lot about Spain, which I will briefly refer to later, but Spain has a very different legal…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-second sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger. I will be speaking to new clauses 14 to 17 and 21, new schedules 1 and 2, and amendments 371 to 373, 377, 378, 381, 388,…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-second sitting)Yes, I am aware of some of those submissions from those individuals. I will come to this, but clearly even some people who were in support of making changes did not recommend the…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-second sitting)I accept what my hon. Friend says, but there are differences of opinion. I accept that that is a very serious matter, but I would argue that a matter of life and death is more…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-second sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for that statistic, which I was not aware of. It relates back to concerns that I have had through the process, particularly on learning disabilities and how…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-third sitting)On that point, in our oral evidence we were not able to hear from witnesses about the changes to the clauses, because we did not understand what the repercussions would be at this…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-third sitting)I was once on a planning committee in which one member of the committee voted in favour and all the other members abstained, so the recommendation went through one to zero.…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)My hon. Friend is about to refer to Spain, as am I. Article 10 of the relevant Spanish law gives a right of appeal on a point of law to a higher court. Does he believe that we…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I just want to confirm that either side has the right of appeal in Spain.11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)Will my hon. Friend give way on that point?11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I am torn by this amendment. I absolutely accept that it is the right, the autonomy, of an individual to make the decisions and to have confidentiality when making those…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)That is what I have wrestled with. That conversation will happen, and at the end of it, I accept that the autonomy is with the individual, who may well make a decision that they…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I am not entirely persuaded. I think there is currently a mixture of cases, and there will potentially be a mixture of cases in future. I hear what the right hon. Member says, but…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I beg to move amendment 105, in clause 12, page 8, line 15, leave out subsections (4) and (5) and insert— “(4A) Rules of Court must secure that in relation to an application under…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I will withdraw amendment 105 later, but will speak to it briefly, as my name is on it. The amendment aims to require court rules to be made that would ensure an adversarial court…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave , withdrawn. Amendment proposed: 410, in clause 12, page 8, line 27, leave out subsection (6). —(Juliet…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. It would be remiss of me not to comment briefly on new clause 8, given that throughout this process I have consistently…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)As my hon. Friend will know, my name is down as a supporter of amendment 6. I will get to that in due course. At the moment, I am speaking to amendment 284. I hear what my hon.…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)Absolutely. This amendment, of course, is widely supported by Committee members for that very reason. As I was saying, we already use that assessment for organ donation, and…05 Mar 2025