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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q To elaborate on that point, Professor Owen, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 sets out the principles that a person must be assumed to have capacity, that a person cannot be treated…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)The Chair may cut you off, but I am happy for you to continue if she allows it.30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q My question is to Claire Williams and follows on from Dr Opher’s question. Clause 18(9) says that once the person has self-administered the approved substance, the doctor must…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Thank you, Professor Preston. Sorry—if you agree, Mrs Harris.30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q My question is to Dan Scorer. In the Mental Capacity Act 2005, the definition of “capacity” means that many people with a learning disability are presumed to have capacity. We…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q Ms Hadi, we heard evidence this morning that the majority of disabled people support the Bill. I would like to hear your comments on that. What analysis do you have on whether…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q My question is to both Dr Mullock and Professor House. In your written evidence, you both refer to clause 18(9) and issues regarding the obligations of the doctor if the…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Yesterday, we heard from some clinicians from the USA, who outlined how they have reviewed the scheme in practice. They said that their waiting period between the two clinician…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Could I clarify whether there is also a review of keeping two clinicians in the process? We heard yesterday that that is not the case elsewhere. Dr Mewett: One has to understand…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q I hear what you have said already regarding capacity. Of course, the Mental Capacity Act relies on the capacity principles. They include the presumption of capacity, the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q Alex, in paragraph 8 of your written evidence you touch on clauses 9, 15 and 18 of the Bill and the potential complications that could arise when the substance is taken. Could…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q Just to clarify, is there nowhere else in the UK where we have that? I am just trying to understand, because we would need to go away and do a piece of work on whether there are…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q My question is to Dr Ahmedzai. In the paper you produced you talked about specific recommendations regarding the training and experience of the doctors involved in the process.…28 Jan 2025HANSARDFraud: Public Sector14. What steps he is taking to reduce fraud in the public sector.23 Jan 2025HANSARDFraud: Public SectorI thank my hon. Friend for her answer. One of the biggest scandals that we saw under the last Conservative Government was Ministers giving out dodgy covid contracts to their…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)On a point of order, Sir Roger. Amendment (i) clashes with the sitting times on Thursday suggested by my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley.21 Jan 2025HANSARD Local Government ReorganisationMy residents in Crayford, in the London borough of Bexley, have their services provided by one council, but in many cases, residents on the same road have their services provided…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Parking: Town CentresI thank my hon. Friend for securing the debate. In the Northumberland Heath ward in my constituency, Councillors Baljeet Gill and Wendy Perfect have been working tirelessly to…14 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillFor the record, my wife is employed as a special educational needs co-ordinator in a local authority school in the London borough of Bexley. I welcome the opportunity to speak in…08 Jan 2025HANSARD Lobular Breast CancerIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes) for securing this debate, and I concur with…10 Dec 2024