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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIt is. The reason the two are different is that Clause 1(2) describes what is coming later in Clauses 8 to 30; Clause 1(3) is a mandatory requirement that the steps that come…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI apologise. I do not know whether the noble Lord feels that he is withdrawing a compliment or withdrawing an insult, but I get what he is doing. To the noble Baroness, Lady Cash,…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe commissioner for the EHRC raised a number of points in relation to the risk of discrimination under the convention. The Government have done an equality impact assessment and,…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillFirst, I do not agree with the proposition that it was a bad equality impact assessment. Secondly, the noble Baroness, Lady Cash, legitimately raised the question of differing…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe reason why I quoted Dr Cox of the Association for Palliative Medicine was that she specifically said that it is better to approach this issue through a multidisciplinary…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not understand that proposition. It seems to me that the panel is able to take that into account just as well as the court—and, indeed, I think the panel would probably be…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI have had 21 minutes, so I have to get on and just deal very quickly, if I may, first with the costings. The only costings that have been done have been by the Government. The…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillYes, I agree very strongly. This is a different use of the phrase: “multidisciplinary team” relates to the people treating the person. The more input they can have, the better.…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I declare that my wife is a recently retired designated family judge—one of the people whom the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, wishes to include in his court-based process.…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI hope I have given a satisfactory answer in relation to that.09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not accept that. The position is in relation to the panel. If it wants a report from a doctor, it can get it. I understand the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, to be saying that the…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMay just continue? I will come back to the noble Baroness in a moment. This is very important—it is the critical bit of the whole thing. There was a lot of evidence given to the…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI take that to be a yes. The position the noble Lord is proposing is that the judge hears the evidence of the doctors on issues, for example, of coercion, capacity and firm and…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am not sure, particularly given the way in which the noble Baroness addressed the issue at the very end, that this is a point about panel versus judge. I would expect a judge to…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe royal colleges are neutral on the principle. The Royal College of Psychiatrists has said that it is worried about the burden on psychiatrists, not by reference specifically to…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am sure that the noble Lord will have read the impact assessment; it is based on the current Bill, which includes the panel, and contains detailed costings for the panel.09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThere is a detailed definition of “legal member” in paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2.09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWill the noble Baroness let me finish? I am sorry but I am not going to take interventions at this stage. I will come to the noble Baroness in a moment, but I think I should make…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, the relationship of palliative care to the Bill is very important and concerns both everybody in this House and people generally, so this is an important group of…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillCan I answer what the noble Lord, Lord Taylor, whom I greatly respect, has said? I have answered in some degree of detail the main substantive points and I believe that I have…09 Jan 2026