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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-third sitting)But they do not need to if they have got to this stage.12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-third sitting)The hon. Lady puts it exactly right. These are two separate questions, and we should not conflate them. Certainly, we should not allow the House of Commons to be constrained by…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-second sitting)I have to say that my concern about the hon. Lady’s amendment is growing. We have talked in the past about policing the conversation and the process to the point that it becomes…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-third sitting)I share the confusion of the hon. Member for Spen Valley. By the time we get to clause 13, my understanding is that the two doctors and the panel are already satisfied of the…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-second sitting)As my hon. Friend heard yesterday from the hon. Member for Rother Valley, there are multiple points in the new system at which family could make their views known. Indeed, they…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-second sitting)The amendment is very sensible, not least because there are some conditions in which people experience a very significant decline at the end. In a matter of days, they may lose…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-third sitting)Or “youse”.12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-third sitting)I am just intrigued. My hon. Friend is talking a lot about the evidence. Did any evidence on anything in the Bill change his mind on any aspect of it?12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-third sitting)To be clear, does my hon. Friend envisage that I would either be in the hearing, or lying in my bed listening to the hearing—the fungating tumours in my neck restricting my…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-third sitting)I rise briefly to amplify a couple of points from the excellent speeches by the hon. Members for Rother Valley and for Ipswich. First, in clarification, I understand that there…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I agree about the primacy of autonomy, but does the hon. Gentleman agree that, given the status quo and the many stories that we have heard about individuals who took their lives…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twentieth sitting)What is an acceptable answer? Can we have a list?11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twentieth sitting)Subjective.11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twentieth sitting)indicated dissent .11 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillMy hon. Friend vividly illustrates the problem with this kind of collective action and peer pressure. Has she reflected on the fact that it is not just the addictive nature of the…07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillAs I said at the start of my speech, I lament the dithering and delay by the previous Government, too. There were attempts by Back Benchers—and I was one for the last two years of…07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillAs the hon. Lady says, the hon. Member for Whitehaven and Workington (Josh MacAlister) has done an enormous amount of work, and it is obviously desirable for the Government to act…07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillAs I think we all know, the Government are likely to adjourn the debate on the Bill. Will my hon. Friend’s case be made if the case for adjournment is that the Minister commits…07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.07 Mar 2025HANSARDProtection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) BillI am grateful to the Minister for that clarification. In his negotiations with the hon. Member for Whitehaven and Workington (Josh MacAlister), he will have consulted and taken…07 Mar 2025