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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I will start with amendment 93 tabled by the hon. Member for Solihull West and Shirley. He made a really important point about the language in the clause, and I am very happy to…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. It is fair to say that there is a range of views on this subject from the judiciary. Ex-judges have commented, and I will come to those…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I hope I can provide some reassurance. This issue is covered by my new clause 21. The amendment, I think, asks why the High Court would not have heard from the patient. My new…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)To be clear, it does say “discuss with the person their wishes”. That includes whether they would want the doctor to call an ambulance if things got complicated, or whether they…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twentieth sitting)I associate myself with the Minister’s comments regarding the other amendments in the group; however, I listened carefully to the debate on amendment 459 and the points made by…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)As I said earlier, I have no doubt that these amendments are coming from a good place and from somebody with huge experience in this particular area. There is absolute consensus…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I am in the process of tabling an amendment that would change the panel to that effect, so that it would speak to the patient. Hopefully, that provides some more reassurance for…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I just want to provide some reassurance to my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford West. I have met my hon. Friend the Member for Lowestoft and today I will support amendment 20,…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I rise to speak first to my amendments 185 and 186, which would make important changes to impose a duty on the Secretary of State to make regulations about the training,…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighteenth sitting)My hon. Friend is absolutely right. If the Bill passes, it will be a huge change. We have a duty to the public to show that we are including sufficient detail in the Bill and to…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I can confirm that the chief medical officer for Wales was invited to give evidence. I do not know the circumstances of why he did not. If it is helpful for me or other colleagues…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I welcome this important debate about the impact of this potential legislation on Wales. I thank the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd for her valuable contributions. I…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I understand the hon. Gentleman’s keenness to get to the debate on clause 32, on the provision of the service—we will come to that in due course—but this conversation is about the…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighteenth sitting)It will be.05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighteenth sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighteenth sitting)This service, like many others, will be delivered through a range of providers, as alluded to by the right hon. Member for North West Hampshire. I understand the keenness to have…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighteenth sitting)Hopefully the Minister and other colleagues are reassured that, if the Committee agrees to the introduction of the voluntary assisted dying commission, monitoring will be very…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I have nothing further to add in this debate.05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I beg to move amendment 187, in clause 5, page 3, line 24, leave out subsection (4). This amendment is consequential on NC8, which contains a single duty to consult before making…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)We did not reject proposals for the preliminary discussion not to be taken by people under 18. We actually put a clause into the Bill that would ensure that the preliminary…05 Mar 2025