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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifteenth sitting)You mentioned various moral issues that you are not commenting on, but in reality the decision on this increases the number of people who would be considered to have capacity. I…26 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I rise to speak to my amendment 398. I recognise that much debate about capacity has already taken place, so I will do my best not to be too repetitive, but it is an important…26 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifteenth sitting)The Minister has used the word “new” several times, and that is the crux of our argument: this is a new approach and a new process. Does the Minister agree that it warrants a…26 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I thank the Minister for explaining that. Does he recognise that what is being said today is that operational reasons are driving the decision we make with respect to capacity? We…26 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifteenth sitting)Should the Government not be neutral on what framework for capacity the Committee might like to apply?26 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twelfth sitting)I rise to speak to amendment 11, which stands in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for South Northamptonshire. This is one of the areas of the Bill where we all agree on what…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for raising that point. I think that what has been looked at is the number of unassisted suicides. The hon. Lady makes the good point that obviously we need…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for his intervention, but I respectfully suggest that that is not the case and there is data. Professor David Paton found a 6% increase overall, and…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twelfth sitting)Thank you, Mr Efford. I am perplexed as to why some of the straightforward improvements to the safeguards have not been accepted. That should give us all pause for thought. If…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twelfth sitting)Under our current law, assisting someone to commit suicide is a criminal act. Clause 1 of this Bill is where we cross the Rubicon, moving away from well-established principles…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twelfth sitting)Will the hon. Lady give way?25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twelfth sitting)A thought has suddenly been triggered: we are talking as if the provision of this service is undertaken by the NHS, but what are my hon. Friend’s thoughts if the service were…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twelfth sitting)Will my hon. Friend give way?25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twelfth sitting)I appreciate your giving way. The point that we are trying to make is that it is important to provide the information about palliative care. I understand the reservations of the…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend—another doctor. I would suggest that diabetes cannot be reversed, but can be managed with treatment. All I am trying to do is make sure that that piece is…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I know the hon. Member has a huge amount of experience on this matter given his career, so I thank him for that contribution. It must not be forgotten that it is the nature of…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for that extremely good news. That would definitely be helpful and provide some reassurance. Amendments 9 and 10 are essential to ensure that those people…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for that thoughtful intervention, and I completely concede that it is not entirely clear, and there are different sources that describe it differently,…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I will speak to amendments 9 and 10, which were tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for South Northamptonshire (Sarah Bool). Members will spot the trend: I have been speaking in…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am sharing the content of written evidence. People working in this arena—medical professionals and clinicians—have taken the time to submit written evidence, which suggests that…25 Feb 2025