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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q Under clause 4(2), doctors would be allowed to raise the issue of assisted dying with a patient, unprompted. Dr Rachel Clarke gave evidence to this Committee that, in some…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q Dr Price, you talked in your earlier evidence about depression. One Committee member suggested that 20% of people were on antidepressants; actually, the factual position is that…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q Professor Owen, yesterday Professor Allan House gave evidence and talked about capacity and coercion, and I want to pick up on some of the concerns. In all four of the…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)But it is not, because—30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q Professor Owen, to follow up on the interaction that Mr Atkinson talked about, where are the gaps in research right now? Professor Owen: There are a lot of gaps. Take that point…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q Professor Preston, in your written evidence to the Committee, you said that Parliament should: “Consider whether there should be a stated exception to the usual presumption of…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q My question is to Dr Richards. I will get to where I need to get to, so bear with me. You talk about this being a very explicit conversation, but I would argue that that is not…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q Dr Richards, you were talking about elderly people in particular. We have heard evidence, particularly yesterday, about young women under 40 where terminal illness was deemed…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Sixth sitting)Q To follow up on that, there is no requirement that the doctor is present when the person self-administers the substance that leads to assisted dying. Am I correct? If that is…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Sixth sitting)Q We have had lots of witnesses testifying about gaps in palliative care and end-of-life care provision here in the UK. What is the current state of palliative care and…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I have a couple of questions. Dr Fellingham, Victoria is quite a rural state and I imagine there are difficulties reaching all parts of it. Am I right that a state-wide pharmacy…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q Building on that, Chris Whitty and the British Medical Association said, from an ethnic minorities and reflection point of view, that the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q Thank you to all of you and for what you do. I will direct my question to Dr Jamilla—it is so lovely to hear so much about Bradford. I want to talk about what Dr Rachel Clarke…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q Fazilet, doctors are members of a caring profession, but there are ways in which—wittingly or unwittingly—they can end up coercing disabled people; there are reports of that.…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Before I move on to Chelsea, I want to point out that Professor Shakespeare said that most disabled people support the Bill. But, actually, only one deaf and disabled people’s…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I have a quick question for Dr Griffiths and then Chelsea. Dr Griffiths, how does the Bill exacerbate issues for disabled women in particular who might be experiencing abuse or…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q I have one question following up with Baroness Falkner; then I will come to you, Fazilet, if I may. The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s briefing says that “to ensure that…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q Finally, to Dr Mullock, you have said that in all jurisdictions that have legalised assisted dying, the only meaningful gatekeeping is done by medical professionals. We only…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q Richard, thank you for coming in at such short notice. It is very much appreciated. Do you have concerns about whether the safeguards in the Bill adequately protect against…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q Professor House, you have said that people applying for assisted dying may be in a state of vulnerability. What is vulnerability and how can the Bill be amended to make sure…29 Jan 2025