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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)On a point of order, Sir Roger. That, again, is factually incorrect. We have already said that there will be a private sitting for conversations about individual witnesses,…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)On a point of order, Sir Roger. Surely we are having a conversation about whether we sit in private or not. Can we keep to that matter?21 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)It is a matter of fact.21 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)On a point of order, Sir Roger. That is categorically not true. The Bill was written with senior legislative expertise, along with myself as a sitting Member of Parliament and…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)I beg to move, That the Committee do sit in private to consider matters relating to the sittings motion. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger, and to be…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)That is not true.21 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)I thank colleagues for their time this afternoon. It has been an extremely productive session. I am very proud of the tone of the debate: I think we have done a very good job, as…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)I beg to move, That— (1) the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 21 January) meet— (a) at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 28 January; (b) at…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)On a point of order, Sir Roger. All those names were not submitted.21 Jan 2025HANSARDHospice and Palliative CareDoes the hon. Member agree that the renewed focus on the hospice and palliative care sector is extremely welcome and overdue? Does he agree that the extra £100 million of…13 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will take one more intervention.29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and I will come on to some of those points later in my speech. Let us be very clear: the title of the Bill refers to terminally ill…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention, and I am so sorry to hear that story from her constituency. We all have stories from all our constituencies, and she is absolutely…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. The courts have repeatedly put this issue back to Parliament. This is not their domain. This is the legislation. There are…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will take one more intervention and then I must make some progress.29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillAbsolutely not. I respectfully disagree with the right hon. Gentleman. In countries where a Bill of this nature has been implemented, the safeguards have been in place and the…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the hon. Member for his intervention, but let us be very, very clear. Huge amounts of research has been done by the Health and Social Care Committee, and indeed by myself…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI agree absolutely. Those conversations, which are not taking place at the moment, are very important. I will make some progress. There has rightly been a lot of discussion about…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillAs I have said, at the moment, we have no idea whether that person would take action because we are not having those conversations. By getting two medical professionals and a High…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI beg to move, that the Bill be now read a Second time. Thank you, Mr Speaker, and thank you to everyone who is attending this hugely significant debate. It is a privilege to open…29 Nov 2024