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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will just finish this point, because it is very important. I acknowledge the concerns that colleagues have expressed around this issue, and I believe they are the motivation…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will make some progress, if I may. I am trying to be very open to interventions, but I do need to crack on. The report must set out why the co-ordinating doctor is not satisfied…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will make some progress, if I may. This is essentially about providing flexibility for doctors while ensuring continuity of care for patients, and I hope colleagues can support…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI reject the assertion that patients will shop around. Bearing in mind that we are talking about dying people, they are not in a position to start shopping around for services,…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. The amendment is not specifically about eating disorders; there is a broader context. I will come to that later. It is with that…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will keep going, if I may, because I think I have been fairly fair. Amendment 78 ensures that all three members of the panel must agree before a certificate of eligibility is…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am going to leave it there for now, if I may. I am conscious that many colleagues wish to speak in this important debate, and I am keen to hear their contributions, so I will…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIs my right hon. Friend reassured by the fact that the Bill creates a criminal offence of coercion and pressure, which does not exist at the moment? No one is checking for…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will take one final intervention.16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am going to finish, if I may, because other people want to speak. Amendment 14, which was tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford West (Naz Shah)—another outstanding…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will just finish this point. If we refer to the impact assessment, the number of people who will access assisted dying in the first few years will be very small. I think there…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank my hon. Friend for her passionate contribution, but this is exactly how we make law. We take evidence and have discussions— [ Interruption. ]16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThat would not be an issue, because copies of the report would be given to the patent, the co-ordinating doctor if they are not in the patient’s GP’s practice, and the…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will make a little more progress, if I may, because a lot of people want to speak. New clause 12 ensures that there is thorough reporting of instances where the co-ordinating…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. The Royal College of Psychiatrists has a neutral position on the issue of assisted dying. If we refer to the impact— [ Interruption.…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThis is not about eligibility; it is about the doctor’s change of circumstances, rather than the patient’s. If the doctor decides that the person is not eligible, they will reject…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and I agree that we must be respectful, but we must also be honest with each other. Amendment (a) to new clause 10 was tabled by the…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThere is absolutely nothing in the Bill that has any suggestion that any funding would be impacted by whatever decisions organisations make around assisted dying. I will make some…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for that point. The eligibility criteria in this Bill are very different from those in the jurisdictions he mentions—people with mental health…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention. The civil servants are clearly neutral on the issue. They certainly have not expressed any opinions on the content of the…16 May 2025