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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-seventh sitting)It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship today, Mrs Harris. Amendment 442 would require the Secretary of State to make regulations for the prescribing, dispensing,…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-seventh sitting)We will at some point get to clause 32, which is about the way in which the system will work, specifically with the NHS, and the role of regulation will absolutely be debated in…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-seventh sitting)Clause 31(2) provides that, before preparing guidance under the clause, the relevant CMO must consult such persons as they consider appropriate. Amendment 395 would add a duty for…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-sixth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship this morning, Ms McVey, even though it is a little later than originally planned. Amendment 480 is intended to extend the category…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-seventh sitting)Thank you, Mrs Harris; you have helped me to answer the hon. Gentleman’s question in a far more pithy and direct way than I could have. I think it is best for us to wait for us to…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-seventh sitting)Amendment 517 relates to new clause 25, which I will come to next. The amendment would make provision for the Secretary of State to issue a code of practice regarding arrangements…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-seventh sitting)I will speak on amendment 524, in the name of the hon. Member for East Wiltshire. As the Bill stands, a person is required to “have regard to” any codes of practice issued by the…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-seventh sitting)Amendment 445 would require that the Secretary of State make regulations about enforcement, including provision of imposing civil penalties, when making regulations for…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-sixth sitting)I agree with the sentiment of the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. The challenge is that the way in which the amendment is drafted could well lead to unintended consequences,…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. Well done for arriving on time, by the way. These amendments aim to ensure that, if passed, this legislation will be…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-seventh sitting)I can confirm that amendment 523 is a helpful amendment as 447 is incorporated, so that is all fine—we are good with that.19 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-seventh sitting)This group of amendments relates to clause 30 of the Bill and the codes of practice that may be issued by the Secretary of State. As the Bill is drafted, the Secretary of State…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)Amendment 380 is one that the Government have worked on with my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley. As the Bill currently stands, clause 22 sets out that where a person…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)The amendments relate to clause 21, which applies where the person has been provided with assistance to end their own life in accordance with the Bill and has died as a result.…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. The Government’s assessment of amendment 465 is that it would significantly impact the legal and operational delivery of…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)I did not wish to comment. That is why I sat down. I have said quite enough; I am sure everyone would agree.18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)There are some amendments in this grouping—namely, amendments 210 and 49—that we worked on with my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley, and I will come to them later in my…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)My response would be to refer the hon. Lady to clause 30(1), which sets out that the Secretary of State will produce a code of practice. Amendment 430, which my hon. Friend the…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)Absolutely, it is the job of the Committee to decide which amendments pass, but my hon. Friend’s role as the promoter of the Bill is to define the policy intent of the Bill—its…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty-fifth sitting)Fundamentally, the role of the promoter of the Bill is to decide whether the Bill, as passed through this Committee, meets the policy intent that she wishes to achieve. Our job as…18 Mar 2025