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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not feel insulted by being called “you”, but I do not think that the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, properly understands how the Bill operates. The two doctors and the panel have…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe Bill makes it absolutely clear that it must be your own decision. Let us suppose that your views of the world are affected by the internet and that you are ill and an…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, in this debate we heard deeply personal information from the noble Lords, Lord Empey, Lord McCrea, Lord Watts, Lord Polak, Lord Griffiths, Lord Carlile of Berriew and…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI think it would probably be sensible, unless the noble Lord has something to raise that we have not already dealt with, for me to make a bit of progress.21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI think I answered that; the noble Lord may not have been satisfied with my answer, but I did answer it by saying that people have to be satisfied that the decision is voluntary…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will come to that in a moment, because I have to get through the amendments—we have to make progress a bit. However, I completely understand the question. Amendment 50 is from…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThis is a new practice that every answer one gives, the person then responds by repeating their speech. So, if it is new, yes—21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThey have to be satisfied that the person is not being coerced. That means that they have to do the appropriate inquiries. If, for example, as the noble Lord was saying, they do…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI have been absolutely clear that, in so far as Clause 1 affects a change to the criminal law, it is reserved. In so far as implementation of it by the health service is…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am not sure the noble Lord has quite understood what I have said. It is for the regulations in so far as they deal with the Welsh health service to be delivered by Welsh…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I make a declaration of interest: I have an assistant who is funded by Mr Bernard Lewis and who helps me on this Bill. I make a declaration that Dignity in Dying paid…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThat the House do now resolve itself into Committee.14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillHold on. Consider whether it represents the right position. Can I just deal with two other points? First, the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, in a very clear speech, said maybe one…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am not sure I understood the question. As far as devolution is concerned, I do not think the question of regulations on the face of the Bill is the right issue. The right issue…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIt will depend on the decision made by the Welsh Ministers. I give way to the noble Lord, Lord Harper.14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillSorry, the noble Lord, Lord Gove, asked a second question which I did not answer.14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIn relation to the noble Lord’s first point, the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee’s point about the width of the legislative consent Motion is that it wants the LCM…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will answer that one. No, you cannot do it by power of attorney. You have to do it yourself.14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI respect the noble Baroness for repeating her speech. Section 3 of the Mental Capacity Act says that if a person is unable to “understand the information relevant to the decision…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI was picking up on the word necessary. What the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, is suggesting is that we remove the word “capacity”. I do not know if I misunderstood the noble Lord,…14 Nov 2025