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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-third sitting)The point is that they may take the opportunity to use the further provision that exists for people whose death is expected within one month.12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-third sitting)I take the point, but I still think it is necessary to have this additional safeguard to close a loophole that means that people could render themselves terminally ill within the…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twentieth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I will speak to my amendments 458 to 460, which would tighten the process around seeking a determination from a…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I am glad to have had that clarification; however, it is really important to reflect on the fact that Dr Sarah Cox said that it would be considerably preferable to have the input…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I will speak briefly about an important point that the hon. Member for Spen Valley made. I want to get it on the record that I disagreed with something that she said. We heard a…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I am grateful for amendment 6 and to my hon. Friend the Member for St Albans for tabling it. I put on record, however, that I do not think that the panel that we are discussing…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Amendment made: 206, in clause 11, page 7, line 24, leave out subsection (3).— (Kim Leadbeater.) See…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twentieth sitting)The hon. Member is exactly right. An assessment of whether somebody should qualify for assisted dying needs to be based on objective criteria. If those are not met, the only way…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)The amendment would remove the phrase “or otherwise” in the clause. All I am proposing is for the wording to be consistent with amendment 205 to clause 10, which has just been…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twentieth sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I thank the hon. Member, but I think she is responding to a slightly different point from the one that I made. There was further written evidence from Dr Doré, the honorary…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I beg to move amendment 461, in clause 11, page 7, line 15, leave out “or otherwise”.11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I am not used to my amendments being accepted. The hon. Gentleman is, of course, absolutely right. Dr Matthew Doré, the palliative medicine consultant and honorary secretary of…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)I reiterate the concern I raised when speaking to my amendments this morning: as far as I can see, seeking the second opinion of a second independent doctor allows the person…11 Mar 2025HANSARDRelations with the EUTwo weeks ago, I was glad to read reports in The Times that the Government intend to introduce a youth mobility scheme between the UK and the EU. That would be good for our…06 Mar 2025HANSARDCyber-security: Local Government ResilienceThe US Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, has this week announced the stepping back of US counter-cyber measures against Russia. This incredibly concerning decision by the Americans…06 Mar 2025HANSARD Political Finance RulesI thank the hon. Member for South Dorset (Lloyd Hatton) for his work in securing this important debate, and Members from across the House for their contributions this afternoon.…06 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I beg to move amendment 363, in clause 7, page 4, line 7, at end insert— “(ba) is not seeking assistance to end their own life because of an impairment of judgment arising from a…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)Although this is not specified in any of the amendments—which are in the name of my good friend, my hon. Friend the Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) —they are very much informed by…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)That is why we need to ensure that people with eating disorders get the treatment they need, instead of being offered an assisted death. That is why we need the amendment.05 Mar 2025