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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillNo, I will make progress. I am very conscious that lots of colleagues are here. I remember that we were all sitting here in November the first time that we debated this Bill; more…16 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is the problem with this Bill, this process and what we are being told. We are being given things on the face of the Bill—16 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentSeventy-seven years since the Nakba, Israel’s illegal occupation eats away at the land. We now have—I will repeat these words loud and clear—“plausible genocide” according to the…14 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationTwenty six people lost their lives in the Pahalgam terrorist attack, and now 26 people lost their lives in yesterday’s attack. The truth remains that no evidence has been…07 May 2025HANSARDKashmir: Increasing TensionMay I first send my condolences, thoughts and prayers to all the victims of this heinous terrorist attack in occupied Kashmir? There is a large Kashmiri diaspora in my…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPalestinian Authority Prime Minister VisitMay I place on record my thanks to the Minister for all the work that he and the Secretary of State are doing on the MOU, which is very welcome? On the question asked by my right…29 Apr 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)That is the exact point I was about to raise. Is another amendment needed to ensure that providers of this service are not given more money if a patient goes through the process…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)May I thank the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough for sharing something so deeply personal? I am sure I speak on behalf of the whole Committee in wishing his mum well…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for her explanation, which was very good. I do not have time to go away and think more about it from a legal perspective, because I have only just heard her…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-eighth sitting)Absolutely. As a former commissioner, I am very familiar with commissioning; I commissioned millions of pounds’ worth of services across Bradford when I was in the NHS. The…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)I will re-read it. It is, “including where the person is in an intimate or family relationship with that other person”. The “family relationship”, I think, means that it is…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-eighth sitting)My hon. Friend says that this will be explicitly commissioned. I completely agree with everything he has said, but this will be a newly designed service by definition, so will…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-eighth sitting)It is interesting to follow the hon. Member for Richmond Park, because I rise to speak to amendment 537, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley. The amendment goes…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)I will get back to the point, Mrs Harris. Serco and G4S carried on getting huge public contracts because the Government found it too hard to replace them. Assisted dying would…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)Does the hon. Lady agree that banning advertising also mitigates the issue of advertising to young people? She mentioned young people and suicide from a social media perspective.…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)Some of them do, or they deliver parts of healthcare. Any company can bid or design a service to recruit doctors, as I said earlier. That is the reason I mention these companies.…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris, for what might be the last time on this Bill Committee. When we adjourned this morning, I was speaking to new…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)When it comes to NHS providers, or any service providers, and contracting or outsourcing, we have legislation in this place for whistleblowing. I raised the subject with the…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)I rise to speak in support of amendments 172 and 173, tabled by the hon. Member for Reigate, and against amendment 539, moved by my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley. Clause…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-ninth sitting)I am happy to, Mrs Harris. We should be determined not to see big outsourcing companies bidding for assisted dying contracts and then potentially misusing them the way in which…25 Mar 2025