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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Yes. Dr Richards: Maybe Nancy knows the evidence on that. Talking about gaps in research, I am an anthropologist, so I am interested in the discourse and the conversations that…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q This is a question for Dan Scorer. I have worked with a learning disability charity, My Life My Choice. I have done a lot of work with that charity on self-advocacy in the…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q Dan, I am really keen that we ensure that if the Bill passes, the voices of disabled people are continually involved in understanding its impact, particularly on the issue that…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Sixth sitting)Q This question is for Dr Furst and Professor Blake. Many of us on the Committee are committed to the need to protect disabled people and to ensuring that the Bill has as many…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)I just want to make sure that it is on the record that I have been taught by Professor Hoyano; indeed, well before I was elected, she was a colleague at work.30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Or real-life examples? Dr Richards: So the question is: what is the evidence on trying to find out about this interactional space where you are asking about people’s motivations?…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q My question is to Dr Richards, although if Claire Williams has anything to add, it would be really helpful. We have heard evidence from overseas about the value of doctors being…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q There are two elements to my question. The first element is talking through the available evidence on how those holistic processes work in countries that have assisted dying.…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q With respect, my question was about whether you think that, should the Bill go through Parliament, there should be some kind of body, possibly an advisory council, that disabled…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q Dr Graham, thank you for your written evidence, which was very helpful and stated your view that the strength of the clauses in the Bill make it compatible with the European…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Just to clarify, that word is in clause 2(3). I will ask a question of Professor Tom Shakespeare first and then, if I may, I have a follow-up of Dr Miro Griffiths. Tom, why is…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q This question is for Professor Tom Shakespeare and Dr Miro Griffiths. One of the amendments I am backing would establish an advisory council on the impact of the Bill on…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you. That is extremely helpful. Clause 2(3)(a) and 2(3)(b) cover the point that you made about those groups, stating: “For the avoidance of doubt, a person is not to be…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Looking ahead to our next panel, are you aware of any serious concerns being expressed by disabled people about the Australian assisted dying laws and any risks they might pose…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q The second part of my question was this. You talked very eloquently, as did Professor Tom Shakespeare this morning, about the Bill enabling choice for those who want it,…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q This is a question for Dr Neerkin. That was extremely helpful. We know that Tōtara hospice in New Zealand—one of the largest hospices there—has said that it does not think that…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q My next question is to Fazilet Hadi and Baroness Falkner. First, I am passionate about ensuring that the Bill creates the opportunity to hear the voices of disabled people in…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q Just to follow up on that, because it is really important: do you think your members would have the ability to pick up on such coercion, dishonesty and pressure from other…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q Professor Ranger, may I pick up on the points that Glyn Berry made about the different circumstances in which patients find themselves? The barriers to healthcare as a result of…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q To pick up on your important point about advocacy, how would your members detect coercion, undue pressure or dishonesty by family members or other supporting parties on which…28 Jan 2025