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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q I accept the point. My challenge would be that we have heard a lot of evidence from a variety of people, and I think it is generally accepted that there is a difference in the…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)I was merely suggesting that the direct evidence from Oregon is that being a burden is something that might come from a lack of decent social care, and it might be encouraging…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q Ms Hadi, at the start you said, “Nothing about us without us.” With regard to your previous testimony, I am interested to know how you feel that disabled voices have been heard,…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q Mr Royston, I am interested in what you had to say about palliative care and poverty. A concern of people who have spoken to the Committee has been the impact of introducing…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q My question is to Dr Griffiths and Chelsea. We have had almost two days of evidence. Yesterday afternoon, we had practitioners from the States and, this morning, we had…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q Coercion is one of the main issues that people who are concerned about the Bill raise in opposition to it. That would include myself. We had many distinguished witnesses this…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q The issue of coercion came up with our previous witnesses, and they were talking about GPs, doctors and nurses being able to spot it because of their level of training,…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q It seems clear from what you are saying that in your view, coercion is rare, or at least it is rare in comparison to familial pressure not to go ahead with assisted dying. It…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Services: Rural AreasI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. A further example is the village of Charlbury, where there is an installation called South Hill solar farm, a community-owned…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Services: Rural AreasI am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for North Northumberland (David Smith) for securing this debate. He gave a really long speech of considerable depth. I am not going to…22 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)I do wish to make a brief contribution. I am broadly sympathetic to the fact that there is considerable public interest in the Bill, so we would all broadly welcome as much public…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (First sitting)rose—21 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation and AbuseI am grateful to the Secretary of State for her statement. There are victims and survivors in many communities, including in my constituency, and I welcome the steps that she has…16 Jan 2025HANSARD Local Government ReorganisationI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as a serving district councillor for 13 years. I broadly welcome the thrust of this document. My…15 Jan 2025HANSARDPost Office Redress and FundingIt is known as the Horizon scandal, but the real scandal is not the failings of software but the action and deeds of individuals and institutions, as Sir Alan Bates said. In that…18 Dec 2024HANSARD SEND Provision: Autism and ADHDI am grateful to the hon. Lady for bringing this important debate to the House. Following on from her comments about mainstream education, one of my first jobs after leaving…12 Dec 2024HANSARD Building HomesI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Cherwell district council’s housing waiting list quadrupled over the past decade under the…12 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillOpposition parties have spent an awful lot of time attacking various measures in the Budget. Does my hon. Friend agree that if they are going to do that, they need to point out…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseBanbury FM provides news, music and information. Its services are in many ways much better than those provided by larger FM licence-holders. Unfortunately, Ofcom’s effective veto…24 Oct 2024HANSARD International Investment SummitThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham and Bletchley (Callum Anderson) on his powerful maiden speech. I am not sure…17 Oct 2024