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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)I rise to speak in support of amendment 408, in the name of the hon. Member for Broxtowe. I also support amendments 499 and 210, in the name of the hon. Member for Spen Valley,…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)I thank the Minister for that explanation. I suggest it would also be appropriate for him to set out the changes that could be put in place in order for the amendment to work in…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)Following on from the point made by the hon. Member for Bradford West, has the Minister taken into account the guidance on private Members’ Bills? It says exactly what the hon.…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)rose—18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)It is clear that the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough is trying to create equity, which we all understand. We need to think about the patient on the one hand, but also…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)The Minister is being incredibly patient with our questions. The question from the hon. Member for Ashford raises exactly the point with which I am uncomfortable. To me, the…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)I am going to read subsection (6)(c) again. It says: “assist that person to ingest or otherwise self-administer the substance.” I would interpret that slightly differently from…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)Technically, our palliative care can be described as world leading, but we would all agree that much more is needed.18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for raising that question. No, that would not be the case, because the amendment specifically says “with that employer”, so it links only to employer A. I…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)I do not think we should make the mistake of thinking belief is necessarily religious. I do not adhere to any faith, but I have beliefs about certain things that are…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)The answer is no, I have not done any research on that, so I cannot comment. Following this sitting, I will look into it, because the hon. Lady raises a very interesting point.…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)I apologise to my hon. Friend; I probably should not have used him as an example in that way—it is getting late. I actually think that this clause would benefit more those…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)I go back to my previous comment: I suggest that belief would be the protected characteristic.18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)I thank my right hon. Friend and am sure I will come to his point. I echo what my hon. Friend the Member for East Wiltshire said about the definition of “assistance” in clause 23.…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for keeping me on track. These points are important because I am setting out the importance of protecting the hospice sector, which is what these amendments…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)It is in the top quartile. That does not mean it is good enough—not by any stretch—but I would prefer not to see it fall down.18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)I am just making the point that palliative care has deteriorated in jurisdictions that have introduced assisted dying. Therefore, we need to bear that in mind for this country if…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)We are saying that when an employee is employed by the hospice or the clinic, they are employed to deliver services as directed by the employer. I think the answer is that if an…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-second sitting)I take that point. In an ideal world where our public services were not under pressure, I might be more reassured, but I am a local councillor, and I am well aware how difficult…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-second sitting)I thank the hon. Member for sharing that. It is useful to have these debates and conversations, but I would suggest that the panel needs to be sure off the back of the information…12 Mar 2025