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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe nature of the appointment is that it is an appointment by the Prime Minister. He is politically accountable for the appointment. The assisted dying commissioner, like so many…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble Baroness says, “drafting changes”, but there is a fundamental difference between saying that this is an additional condition that the panel has to be satisfied of and…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI apologise. I will talk about it in group 3.27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI should get on. I apologise, but the noble Baroness has had a very fair crack at that particular whip. I come to the question of the noble Baroness, Lady Maclean, which is:…27 Feb 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessCan I respond to that? I am the person who has been complaining about filibustering on the radio. I moved a Motion on 8 January in which I set out in detail my position about the…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWe have changed from a judge to a panel because, after considerable debate in the Commons, it was thought that having a legal person in the middle, a psychiatrist and a social…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillYes, I understand that.27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWith respect to the Select Committees in the other place, they should be consulted and decide whether they want it. In the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Cass, she draws…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThirdly, I join with everybody in the Committee in deprecating vicious attacks on the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, and the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay. Any one of us who have been…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThis group concerns the question of funding. First, the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, raised the question: should the people who benefit from this have to pay for it? Secondly, the…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWould the noble Lord mind if I did not, as I think what one has to do is focus on this particular Bill?27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI was pretty clear in my remarks that I favoured the panel process. When I say that it has been laid to rest, I accept that the House may take a different view from me, which I…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI think we will have to disagree on that. It is the normal way for that to be dealt with in drafting, so I am content with it. I am sorry to disagree with the noble Lord, but that…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am absolutely sure that if there were proper specialist palliative care of the highest quality—we would hope that there would be—it would lead to savings. I honestly do not…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe impact assessment suggests that in year 10, assuming the highest possible cost, it would cost £37 million in total to do assisted dying. This is not by reference to any…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWe produced an impact assessment of the Bill with detailed costings, provided by the health service, so to suggest to the Committee that the Government have not provided the…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will certainly reflect on that, and may I express my gratitude to the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, for facilitating the meeting with Professor Ruck Keene? It was incredibly…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI could not agree more with the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan. That is why, in addressing these issues, we have been very specific about what the voluntary assisted dying…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not know whether I am allowed to intervene, because I do not know whether the noble Baroness is intervening or speaking to her amendment.27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will try to give the most reverend Primate confidence. First, decisions about treatment at the moment frequently have to be made in the context of what everybody in this…27 Feb 2026