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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThat the House do now resolve itself into Committee. Amendment to the Motion24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillAt end insert “and takes note of the progress of its scrutiny of the Bill during the current session”.24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, today is our final day scheduled for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. I am despondent that this Bill, so important to so many, has failed not on its merits…24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble Baroness will be aware, and I am sure she will agree, that if the Bill comes back a second time to the Commons, it will come back here. The effect of the Parliament Act…24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI apologise for intervening but I completely agree with what the noble Baroness has just said. The way in which that would happen is that the Bill would come back from the Commons…24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIs the noble Baroness’s position that we have completed our scrutiny in Committee of all clauses beyond the seven that she has mentioned? If not, I am not quite sure what point…24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI apologise for saying “nonsense”.24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble Lord says that there has been no publicly available impact assessment; that is wrong. There is a publicly available impact assessment, published not by the sponsors but…24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe point that has been made repeatedly in this House is that public opinion is in favour of this Bill and the Commons has passed it. Therefore, we have a duty to get through our…24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThis is a most interesting speech. On the basis of what the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, is saying, if the judge was still there then the Bill would be okay. Why could we not have…24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy understanding is that Sir Nicholas Mostyn and Sir Max Hill gave evidence to the Bill Committee about the role of the judges and the possibility of a panel. Am I wrong?24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe letter of 31 January 2026, which was sent to every Peer, said that.24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am slightly surprised that the noble Baroness, Lady Berger, says that I did not indicate which of the coming amendments I would accept, because I indicated in detail which I…24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I give special thanks to those who shared personal experiences with us, in particular the noble Lords, Lord Markham and Lord Dobbs, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop…24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI beg leave to withdraw the Motion.24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, these amendments concern the preliminary discussion and the timing of the recording not just of that discussion but of cancellations. They would raise obligations on GPs…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am not sure what further guarantees the noble Baroness and the noble Lord have in mind, because they will know from the Bill that Schedule 3 amends the Employment Rights Act…27 Mar 2026