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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)I am grateful for that helpful and thoughtful intervention. For the reasons I have set out, I consider that the amendments create unnecessary and highly undesirable legal…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)My hon. Friend hits the nail on the head, because it is the patient who is driving the decision. They are making that act by activating the electronic device—the computer or…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)Although I have certain sympathies with these amendments, I do not feel that they are necessary or desirable. They are not necessary because of the provisions that are already…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)I am being ambushed by the left.18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)This gets to the root of how the law has operated in another jurisdiction, Switzerland, where Dignitas has managed this scenario over the past 40 years or so. The key—these are…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. My hon. Friend the Member for East Wiltshire was mid-intervention when the Committee adjourned this morning, and I…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fourth sitting)My right hon. Friend makes an important and powerful point. I think there is a consensus among the Committee that there is no desire for people to take this ultimate step at an…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fourth sitting)I agree entirely with the right hon. Member’s interpretation of the Bill. There is a further unintended consequence of the amendment tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for East…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fourth sitting)It is very clear from subsection (7) that this must be an active step taken by the individual. There is a risk that we go down a rabbit hole in terms of— [ Interruption. ] I am…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fourth sitting)That is why clause 18(7) is so important: the final act must be undertaken by the person seeking an assisted death. The example my hon. Friend gives of tipping tablets into a…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I will speak briefly to this group of amendments, setting out why I support amendments 462, 497 and 498, but oppose…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)The hon. Member makes an important point. In practice, one would of course discuss the side-effect profile of any medication or substance to be administered. I do not feel that…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)You will be delighted to learn that I have nothing further to add to this debate, Ms McVey. Amendment 93 agreed to. Amendment proposed : 305, in clause 9, page 6, line 3, after…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I beg to move amendment 93, in clause 9, page 6, line 1, leave out “might” and insert “is to”.11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey, and to speak to this group of amendments. Amendments 93, 305, 142 and 362 relate to clause 9(2)(b)(iv); amendment 306,…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)In the scenario that I envisage, as we have seen in other jurisdictions, there are a variety of regimes that could be used in the given circumstances. It would be appropriate for…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighteenth sitting)The hon. Gentleman makes a powerful argument about doctors being vilified in the press, but does he believe there is a risk that it may go further and present a genuine safety…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your leadership, Mrs Harris. I will speak to this octet of amendments and set out why I cannot support them. In my view, they are a classic example…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventeenth sitting)That would satisfy me. The reason I say that is because at the moment the wording is too broad and ill-defined. The question is: is this about the closeness and proximity of a…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I rise to set out why—reluctantly—I cannot support amendments 403 and 404, which have been tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for East Wiltshire. It is not because of the…04 Mar 2025