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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eleventh sitting)The issue in this interesting debate between the hon. Member and the right hon. Member for North West Hampshire is whether the assessment is of the person making that…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eleventh sitting)rose —12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eleventh sitting)What I meant by a welfare decision is a paternalistic view, whereby medical practitioners and others say what is in the best interests of an individual, rather than the individual…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eleventh sitting)I am very sympathetic to the amendment, which aims to tackle a mischief that we are all worried about, but there are two fundamental problems. The first, which builds on the…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eleventh sitting)Forgive me, Mrs Harris. I apologise profusely.12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eleventh sitting)My question was building on the intervention made by the hon. Member for Solihull West and Shirley. It was about whether there can ever be a selfless act.12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighth sitting)I keep making the point that clause 9 adds a different element to this process. It says that, when undertaking the assessment, one of the two doctors “may, if they have doubt as…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)I am trying to understand my hon. Friend’s argument. In terms of a person choosing to ask their doctor to turn off their life support machine, as opposed to someone offering a…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighth sitting)I am sympathetic to the problem the hon. Lady has identified of people who have a terminal illness as well as other mental health conditions. Instead of rewriting the Mental…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighth sitting)I have a few questions for the hon. Member. Who does she propose will decide whether a decision by someone who has capacity is wise or unwise? Does she also propose changing the…11 Feb 2025HANSARD Gambling HarmsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Halesowen (Alex Ballinger) on securing this debate. I can be brief,…05 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Sixth sitting)Q This question is probably best for Alex. Yesterday we heard evidence about the health inequalities in our society and fears that they would be exacerbated by the introduction of…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q To be clear, would it concern you because it would cause confusion? Yogi Amin: It is a well settled and understood approach to the law, and producing a new one would throw up a…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q Dr Graham, in paragraph 21 of your very helpful written evidence, you say that the judicial involvement in the process strengthens the Bill, in terms of convention…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)That is welcome. Dr Graham: I think the judicial safeguard strengthens the convention compatibility because of the argument relating to Mortier that was set out earlier, but I do…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you for those introductory statements. I have a question for Mr Amin regarding the current operation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, and how the Court of Protection…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q If I may, I will push Professor House on the evidence he was giving to Mr Atkinson’s questions, so that I understand the necessity for psychiatric assessment under the current…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q Would the decision about the need for a psychiatric assessment be undertaken by a medical clinician? Professor House: In the circumstances you are talking about—generally, yes.29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you all for your written evidence. Sir Nicholas, in your helpful written evidence, you adopt Sir James Munby’s criticism of the current proposal for judicial oversight,…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Yes—it’s just that otherwise I will be cut off. I was trying to get two questions in.28 Jan 2025