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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you. The Australian and British media reported the tragic story of Cyril Tooze, an elderly and terminally ill 84-year-old man in southern Australia, who requested…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)I was talking about southern Australia, in particular. That is fine; we can move on. Thank you. Dr McLaren: I can speak to the Victoria question, if you prefer. To answer your…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)There is nothing in my amendment that suggests Professor Monckton-Smith is not capable in her expertise. I am asking for other expertise to be brought to the table. Yes, there is…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move an amendment to motion (a), at end insert— “Richard Robinson, CEO of Hourglass, Cherry Henry-Leach of STADA, Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse ”. I completely…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q But there are cases where insurance companies would stop paying for the treatment of the individual. Am I right? Dr Spielvogel: No, I actually do not think that you are right.…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q Sorry, but just to clarify, the question was: would the availability of Medicare apply to all those conditions that come under the six-month prognosis? As for kidney failure,…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q Yes, but does it cover any conditions that would fall under the scope of a six-month bill? Dr Spielvogel: If you have a six-month prognosis to live, regardless of the condition,…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q Does that cover all conditions? Dr Spielvogel: We were just talking about kidney disease.28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q Following up on that, in the cases in which you authorised prosecution for murder or manslaughter, were issues of coercion ever involved? What were the bold points—the top…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q Dr Spielvogel, there is a Bill in California, SB 1196, which was introduced on 24 February 2024. It proposes, first, to remove the six-month terminal illness prognosis and allow…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q In California—we are talking specifically about renal failure—they have got a six-month limit, in some cases, because of insurance policies. Is that being broadened out? I…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q Dr Ahmedzai, in the evidence you submitted, you said: “I have studied the reports from, and spoken with medical and nursing clinicians from US and Australian jurisdictions and…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q When it comes to renal failure, in particular, there are people who can request assisted dying because their insurance company will not pay for more than six months. Here we…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q I have just one question, and it is for Sir Max. You have said that you were very concerned about the CPS, during your time at DPP, having to investigate people who accompanied…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you very much for those introductions. I have a few questions for each person on the panel. Mr Sanderson, do you think palliative care in this country is fit for purpose?…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q This question applies to both of you. On there being a first doctor and a second doctor, the first doctor is required to determine that the patient has a terminal illness, that…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q I am a former NHS commissioner, Sir Chris. In Bradford West, we have stark health inequalities. Dr Jamilla Hussain, as part of John Wright’s team, will be providing evidence…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)So would it be safe? Professor Whitty: We would want to have the time to do that, but you can do things at speed if you need to. My view is that this is something that is best not…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q Sir Chris, I draw your attention to clause 42(3): “But if any provision of this Act has not been fully brought into force before the end of the period of 2 years beginning with…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)I welcome my hon. Friend’s intervention and I recognise Laura Hoyano’s expertise. I would respectfully push back that, as a victim of domestic violence—as a person who has…28 Jan 2025