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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I rise to speak to amendments 407 and 410. Amendment 407 would leave out the word “may” and insert the word “must”, and would require the High Court to hear from and question all…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I will speak to amendment 142, which would insert “and how it will be administered” into the Bill. It would require the assessing doctor to explain and discuss with the person how…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twentieth sitting)Amendment 143 has been withdrawn.11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I will speak to amendment 127, which is a probing amendment. I will not press it to a vote, but the reason I tabled it is that I felt that the phrase “as soon as reasonably…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Based on the fact that we agreed on amendment 341, I am prepared not to press amendment 125 to a vote. It is amendment 126 that I am proposing.04 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Amendment proposed : 288, in clause 4, page 2, line 36, at end insert— “(6) All efforts to dissuade…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I will speak to amendments 125 and 126, which are linked to new clause 7. Given the discussion we have just had, and given that amendment 341 has been made, I will not push…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Throughout the debate, we have spoken consistently about things that happen normally within medical practice, but the amendment we are discussing would move us away from ordinary…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 125, in clause 4, page 2, line 35, leave out from start of line to end of line 36 and insert “who is on the Register of Assisted Dying Medical…04 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventeenth sitting)rose—04 Mar 2025HANSARD Women’s HealthIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Helena Dollimore) on securing this debate. Menopause is a…27 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifteenth sitting)Amendment 124 would prevent a registered medical practitioner from discussing the provision of assistance under the Bill unless it is first raised by the person themselves. This…26 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifteenth sitting)A very quick question: does the hon. Member agree that the weight of a doctor’s words weighs heavily on patients?26 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twelfth sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 123, in clause 2, page 1, line 23, leave out “an inevitably” and insert “a typically”. This amendment changes the definition of what it is to be terminally…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twelfth sitting)I want to go back to the point about making the Bill more complicated by putting layer upon layer on it. My hon. Friend the Member for Bradford West spoke about health…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Amendment proposed : 9, in clause 2, page 1, line 24, after “reversed” insert “or the progress…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I have almost finished, so I will carry on. If we give doctors the essentially impossible task of proving that death will inevitability occur in six months, there is a risk of an…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The amendment would change the definition of what it is to be terminally ill, from having an “inevitably” to a “typically” progressive illness, disease or medical condition that…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for looking that up so swiftly. I still think that those additional words need to be included in the Bill. “Coercion” and “pressure” are used as a catch-all…12 Feb 2025