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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)On a point of order, Sir Roger. I am not sure that we have voted on amendment 202.11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)rose —11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)Did the polling ask people’s view on whether terminally ill homeless people should have access to assisted dying, or on whether it should be offered to homeless people just for…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)My hon. Friend has listed certain categories of people, and we will come on to the definition of terminal illness. I am confident that, given the definition of terminal illness in…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)I will. Let me read from the Bill. The definition of “terminal illness” under the Bill is that “the person has an inevitably progressive illness, disease or medical condition…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)Further to the comment from the right hon. Member for North West Hampshire, all of that will obviously be recorded on the patient’s medical records as well. The idea that it is…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)My hon. Friend would not meet the criteria. She might be describing a condition that cannot be reversed, but it is the “inevitably progressive” part that we are talking about.…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighth sitting)My hon. Friend cites some interesting observations from the oral evidence, and I welcome his doing so. I draw his attention to my amendments 186 and 198, which look at the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Sixth sitting)Q Thank you to the witnesses for joining us this morning. I would like to address my comments to Alex Greenwich, if I may, but also come back to Dr Furst and Professor Blake. It…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q I will stay in the same territory, if I can. The Bill includes, very clearly, an opt-in model for doctors. I took that from the BMA, which was very clear on that, and I think it…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q I think you have answered it, but it was whether there was any specific detail about the Human Tissue Authority, how it operates and what that looks like. Dr Price: I do not…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q I take that on board fully, so thank you for those helpful comments. In terms of capacity assessment, point 12 in the feedback and the written evidence from the Royal College of…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q I wonder if you have been on your own journeys around your personal views on assisted dying and choice at the end of life. I have spoken to lots and lots of people about this,…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Thank you so much. Pat Malone: My experience with my father was entirely different. My daughter, who was seven at the time, reminded me recently, when I was putting my thoughts…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q Thank you to the three of you for coming here this afternoon and telling your stories. I know how hard it is to tell your story over and over again. I think it is important to…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q I have a very quick question. Professor Preston, you talked about nurses. Again, feeding into this multidisciplinary approach, one thing I am really clear about is that we must…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)That is really helpful. Dr Richards: I do not think there is any evidence that there is a loss of trust in doctors post legalisation—I just wanted to add that. As I said in…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q We have heard a lot from witnesses this week about safeguarding. That is something I am keen to pursue. The Bill has a significant number of safeguards already, but is there…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q Can you give an example? What do you mean by that? Dr Richards: Misunderstandings of what it is? Fundamentally, that it is not based on the principle of autonomy and that it is…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q This has been an incredibly helpful panel, so thank you for all your expertise. Let me come back to the content of the Bill, and to some of your points, Professor Owen. In terms…30 Jan 2025