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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eleventh sitting)The value of the word “encouragement” is that it is broader than simply “pressure” or “coercion”. In response to the points made by the hon. Members for Spen Valley and for Rother…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Tenth sitting)My goodness, 2009 might be in the mists of history for the hon. Member for Rother Valley, but it was the last Labour Government. That is very good to know, and I am grateful to my…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Tenth sitting)The risk of gaming—of patients playing the game, and doctors seeking out words to say or not say—is an issue throughout the Bill. That is a general problem with the Bill;…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Tenth sitting)It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Lady. May I say how much I agree with what she has been saying and the purpose of her amendments, which I will be supporting if we get the…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Tenth sitting)I am worried about the constant suggestion that we look at these issues later. The fact is that we do not know what the Bill will look like later. We do not know what amendments…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Tenth sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Tenth sitting)This is a very helpful conversation, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend for allowing all these interventions. It is right that there would be a judge in the event of a criminal…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Tenth sitting)I understood the Minister to say that the judge needs clarity when they come to adjudicate on a case. We have heard through the media, although an amendment has not yet been…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Tenth sitting)Just to amplify that point, my hon. Friend is absolutely right. In the “Re T” case, the Court of Appeal judged that undue influence should be taken into account in medical…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Tenth sitting)What the hon. Member for Luton South and South Bedfordshire said is not the case at all. What the Bill would do is to exempt people who go under this new procedure from the…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Tenth sitting)I am very struck by that last point. Does my hon. Friend agree that the purposes of these amendments build on the principle of the Bill? The Bill recognises the existence of…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)The decisions will be recorded, but the conversations that the hon. Lady stipulates should take place under the Bill need further recording, in my view, with further evidence of…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Lady; her points are absolutely right. Even if the House concludes that the overall principle is right, as the hon. Member for Spen Valley suggested, if…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)I will conclude my intervention very quickly. I fear that I may have mischaracterised the hon. Member for Bradford West when I said that she is opposed to the Bill in principle;…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)The hon. Member is making such an important speech, and I am very grateful to her. This is a crucial discussion. The hon. Member for Ipswich suggested that the amendment would…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)I respect that. The hon. Gentleman is suggesting that there would be a new test, but it is for a new situation. I want to alert the Committee to the purpose behind this amendment.…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)rose—11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)It is interesting that my right hon. Friend the Member for North West Hampshire has cited that, and I will look at Hansard. However, what I just heard him say, quoting the doctor…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)I am very puzzled, on two grounds. The first is about the impact assessment. I simply do not understand the argument that the Government have to wait until the end of the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)On a point of order, Sir Roger. I wonder whether you can advise me. I am perplexed about the position of the Government Ministers. It is an absolute pleasure to have them here,…11 Feb 2025