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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q But you believe that your members would be able to pick up on and identify issues such as coercion? Professor Ranger: I do. They are professionals, and I believe they would be…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q My question is for Dr Ahmedzai. The Select Committee inquiry into assisted dying received evidence that there were not any indications of palliative or end-of-life care…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)I have two follow-up questions on that basis.28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q On the basis of your 39 years of experience and the Select Committee evidence that I mentioned earlier, do you acknowledge that improvements on both assisted dying and…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q You talked about the role of medical practitioners discussing this issue, which is of course in clause 4(2) of the Bill. Paragraph 4.2 in your own evidence was very helpful in…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)That is very helpful; thank you.28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q It is extremely helpful to understand the opportunity for scrutiny before death. Building on that point, are there any safeguards around those practices that are not currently…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q I want to follow up, because this is really important in strengthening the Bill. Based on your prosecutorial experience, what key elements should be present in the definitions…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q You have helpfully acknowledged the link that we need to make on coercion to strengthen this, but on the other two elements—dishonesty and pressure—is there anything else that…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)I, too, support my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley and in particular I want to highlight the helpful addition of Kamran Mallick of Disability Rights UK. That augments an…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)I note that Laura Hoyano, who is giving evidence on Thursday, is a domestic abuse barrister. She has also been involved in inquiries on child sexual abuse, and has a great range…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q I have a question for Sir Max Hill and Alex Ruck Keene. Your insight on clause 12 has been helpful. What procedures would you recommend be adopted for testing and, if need be,…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsTwo weeks ago, my constituency was hit by the worst snow in 15 years, leaving vulnerable and older residents, schools and GP surgeries blocked in by the snow. I commend the…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Arrangements: Presumption of Parental InvolvementI do indeed, and I will return to that point later, not least because Jack and Paul Sykes told their social workers that they were scared of their dad. The youngest told them that…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Arrangements: Presumption of Parental InvolvementI certainly agree. To illustrate why, I want hon. Members to imagine a school night with a child being repeatedly asked by his father if he had completed his homework. The child…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Arrangements: Presumption of Parental InvolvementI beg to move, That this House has considered the presumption of parental involvement in child arrangements. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Western. There must…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Arrangements: Presumption of Parental InvolvementI agree. We have said that we will take a mission-centred approach in Government, particularly to halve violence against women and girls, and I will return to that point. As a…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Arrangements: Presumption of Parental InvolvementI agree. As someone who has worked in criminology and criminal justice for over a decade, I think the need for us to move beyond siloed working can be no more important than it is…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Arrangements: Presumption of Parental InvolvementI absolutely do. Furthermore, in response to my hon. Friend’s important point, the report specifically stated: “To the extent that the courts’ pro-contact culture operates as a…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Arrangements: Presumption of Parental InvolvementI do agree. Our court system should be one where justice is achieved for vulnerable victims of abuse, rather than an additional and secondary means of victimising them.22 Jan 2025