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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Just as a point of clarification, I remember asking one of the witnesses at our oral evidence sessions about this very issue—Sir Nicholas Mostyn, an esteemed judge who has written…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)A line has to be drawn in the sand somewhere. Will the hon. Member define what an adequate timeline would look like for him to be satisfied?25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twelfth sitting)I did articulate a number of times where I felt that some of the amendments were not tight enough in those areas.25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twelfth sitting)I say gently to the hon. Member that—particularly on the previous clause—I have been very sympathetic to several of the amendments. Candidly, however, with due respect to all the…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Most of the discussion on amendment 181 has centred on the word “only”. Just to get clarification on this point, would someone with an eating disorder who was later diagnosed with…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eleventh sitting)My hon. Friend mentions the word “only”, but that word does not appear in this amendment. That is the issue: we are opening this up. The amendment says: “acting for their own sake…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eleventh sitting)To move away from the theoretical, like my hon. Friend the Member for Rother Valley I am sympathetic to what this amendment is trying to do. To give a practical example, let us…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighth sitting)rose —11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)It is not your argument, Sir Roger; it is my hon. Friend’s argument. I apologise. To follow the basic premise of my hon. Friend’s argument, she is saying that the Mental Capacity…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)To follow the basic premise of your argument—11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighth sitting)We have spoken a lot today about further safeguards and provisions, beyond the Mental Capacity Act. However, I note that my hon. Friend has tabled amendment 339, which states that…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Member; he has given way a number of times, and I am sure he wants to make some progress. To return to the scope of the debate—I am sure you will be…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)My hon. Friend said that the Mental Capacity Act is not tried and tested, and I was challenging the premise that we should apply a concept that is not tried and tested in this or…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)I was just following the argument.11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q Professor Preston, you have extensive research into palliative and end-of-life care. It would be really helpful for the Committee if you could describe some of the underlying…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q 286 Professor Owen, you have talked extensively about the complexity of the Bill. I think it fair to say that our previous witnesses this week believe that the simplest…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Sixth sitting)Q My question is to you, Mr Greenwich. I understand that in New South Wales—and please do correct me if I am wrong—similarly to the Bill we are proposing, you adopted legalised…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q My question is also for you, Dr Price. The Royal College of Psychiatrists has been really clear in its statement that we as parliamentarians have to consider the outstanding…30 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ4. The Ipswich northern bypass is a project of local, regional and national importance, and on which the future of our town and county hinges. However, this critical project has…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q I sympathise totally with what you are saying about palliative care, but the principle of assisted dying is the main thrust of what we are debating. Will the principle of…29 Jan 2025