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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIs the noble Baroness speaking to Amendment 459?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) 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 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) BillMy Lords, first, I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Maclean, who referred to her own personal circumstances. Every one of us who have heard individual personal…27 Feb 2026HANSARDScotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedule 5) Order 2026Can the noble and learned Lord explain what he means by that? I think he is saying that there is no impact assessment of the effect of the regulation of devices and substances…10 Feb 2026HANSARDScotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedule 5) Order 2026It is an impact assessment only of this instrument, not the Scottish legislation.10 Feb 2026HANSARDScotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedule 5) Order 2026I think the noble and learned Lord misunderstands what is being said here. It says that there is no impact expected in allowing the Scottish Parliament to be the body that allows…10 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI agree that there are bespoke decision-making processes in existence. It is not the law; it is how it works in practice. Through codes of practice, it will be possible to develop…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillFirst, in relation to the noble Baroness’s analysis of the Mental Capacity Act, Section 1 says that you shall be assumed to have capacity unless you do not have capacity and…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not want to be disrespectful, but that was just a repeat of the speech that has already been made and it did not contain a question. I completely respect the arguments of the…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI shall deal with the issues raised in this debate under the following heads. First, what is the correct test and legal framework to apply in relation to mental capacity?…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMay I go on with this amendment? I want to finish before the noble Baroness comes in. The bulk of the amendment, or at least a lot of it, is similar to what is already in the Act.…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI apologise for interrupting. Just so that I am clear, is the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, making the point that if we use the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act to determine…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIt is exactly the same for the co-ordinating doctor and the independent doctor. I am not clear what distinction the noble Baroness is making between the two. Perhaps she can…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am not sure that I followed the subtlety of that question. The Mental Capacity Act 2005 is a tried and tested framework, which seeks to ensure that someone—a doctor, for…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble Baroness can tell them that they will be safe. The question that she is raising in relation to such people is whether they will be overpressed to have an assisted death.…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Smith of Newnham and Lady Hayter of Kentish Town, for sharing their significant and painful experiences. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Fox,…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am not offering anything in the way of a different framework in relation to this. I am more than happy to discuss with people what sort of code of practice there should be. I…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI said “overpressed”, but I did not mean that; I meant to say pressed. I apologise for saying “overpressed”.06 Feb 2026