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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment (a), in the list of witnesses set out in the table in the sittings resolution agreed by the Committee on 21 January 2025, after Mencap (Thursday 30…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q That is incredibly helpful—thank you. Dr Kaan, do you want to add anything to that, and maybe touch on the training that takes place around identifying these things and the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q I will try to be brief. I thank the witnesses for joining us from wherever they are in the world—it is great to have you with us today. I will get straight to the point. There…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q I have a very quick one. You talked about inequality in healthcare and in systems. What I would like to come back to is the status quo. What are your comments on the inequality…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Can I ask a quick follow-up, Chair?28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)But those deaths do exist.28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Does anybody else want to comment? Dr Cox? Dr Cox: I am happy to. Of course we do not want people to have to make that choice. I will refer to everything I have said before: are…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Yes. It sounds as though you are saying that your professionals are trained to have those conversations, which is very reassuring. Glyn, do you want to add anything? Glyn Berry:…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q That is incredibly helpful, thank you. You are absolutely right to bring it back to patient autonomy—patient choice—so that, while putting all the safeguards in place, we are…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for coming and giving evidence today, and for meeting with me recently. You both represent organisations that have neutral positions on assisted dying. I am really…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q On the point about reporting, where patients take that right to refuse treatment, capacity must be assessed at that point if a patient has said, “Look, I don’t want any more…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q That is very helpful. Let me turn to when the GMC guidance on arrangements about assistance to die is raised with practitioners. Part of the guidance is that practitioners have…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q On the point about referral, what happens in the case of abortion? That is one of the closest parallels we can get. If we have a doctor who is not comfortable having that…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q To that point, in those conversations where patients are making very serious decisions, it is not uncommon that you would seek additional advice from other professions, such as…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for coming to give evidence this morning, gentlemen. I would like to pick up on coercion and capacity, because they are two really important points in the Bill. I…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Money)I take that point on board. I had a very productive meeting with the Association of Palliative Care Social Workers yesterday, and we had a useful conversation on that issue.22 Jan 2025HANSARD Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Money)On 29 November last year, in a debate widely described as showing Parliament at its best, this House sent the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill into Committee for scrutiny…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Money)I respect the right hon. Gentleman’s question, but I would say that point is slightly out of the scope of the money resolution. However, I think it is a fair point, and I…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Money)I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. Having done such a powerful job of debating this issue on Second Reading, it is crucial that we continue that debate in the right manner,…22 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)On a point of order, Sir Roger. My hon. Friend has just mentioned two names that are not in her amendment, and I find that slightly confusing.21 Jan 2025