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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will make just one point. My noble friend mentioned that this was opposed by every one of the groups. Again, we took evidence from all these groups. The position is that they…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillAs the noble Baroness herself said, we debated both deprivation of liberty and the Mental Capacity Act and its use extensively—I think it was on 14 November—and I believe the…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIf I may say—I hope, like my noble friend, in the spirit of helpfulness—this has been a thoughtful debate, and we all want the best decision-making framework for these decisions.…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWhere that clarity can exist then that clearly must be the right thing, but my understanding of the many amendments that have been tabled is that a lot of them seek to replace the…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillA large number of psychiatrists are absolutely of the view that they do not want a new framework. They wrote to MPs saying that the Mental Capacity Act was totally relevant in all…06 Feb 2026HANSARDAI SuperintelligenceNot yet anyway. Just this week we saw Elon Musk forecast an AI world of abundance, where robots outnumber people and people work only a few hours a week—I am wondering where I…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillTo follow on from that, as my noble friend said right at the beginning, the amendment was put down in such a blunt fashion absolutely to stimulate this sort of debate. What has…30 Jan 2026HANSARDSuperintelligent AII too thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for bringing this serious issue in front of us today. Like others, I wish we had more time, but I think this shows the Lords at its best. We…29 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I think I heard my noble friend say that NHS resources should be used just to help people live. Of course, we would all agree that is a very important thing, but surely…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillTo build on that, I will put the financial numbers into context. The impact assessment has it down as £28 million; I believe that is 0.000175% of the NHS budget. It is right and…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillLet me answer that, then I will be perfectly happy to be intervened on—23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI believe I am answering the question. Once I have finished answering, the noble Lord can intervene on me and say what he would like to say. If he is willing to wait a few…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillGiven that I did not write any of the manifestos, I am not sure I can say. If I was writing them, it is something that I would probably put in. It is something that everyone…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillYes, absolutely. That is what these debates are all about: trying to find an approach that makes assisted dying tight and safe, safeguarding all sorts of vulnerable groups, but…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIf I may respond to the noble Baroness’s first point, I believe that the noble Lord, Lord Winston, as well as the noble Lord, Lord Mackinlay, who is not in his place either,…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIn the spirit of helpfulness on public opinion and whether people understand the question, there are numerous surveys on this. A very clear one has the wording “Do you think…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIn terms of, hopefully, being helpful, it is in the impact assessment. It is £28 million or, as I said, 0.000175% of the NHS budget.23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe main point here is that, by definition, you are eligible for assisted death only if you have been diagnosed to be within six months of the end of your life through a terminal…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillAs I said, these are not people who want to die; they are people who absolutely want to live. The only reason they are entering into this process, and the only reason they would…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble Baroness is talking about a slightly different circumstance where there are prior reasons, which could be mental health or other reasons, and why that could be a cause.…23 Jan 2026