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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)This set of amendments relates to the Secretary of State’s ability to make provision, by regulations, for the replacement of the co-ordinating doctor if they are unable to…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)Amendment 93 relates to the discussion during the assessment that the co-ordinating doctor and the independent doctor are required to have with the person. The amendment would…11 Mar 2025HANSARDDental Patient Charges UpliftThe Government ambition is to make sure that everyone who needs a dentist can get one. On Friday 21 February 2025, we launched the roll-out of the extra 700,000 urgent dental…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)The amendments relate to whether the assessing doctor advises the person seeking assistance to end their own life to discuss that with their next of kin and other persons they are…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)The basic position of the Department of Health and Social Care and, by extension, the Government is that we rely on and trust our medical professionals to make judgments and do…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twenty First sitting)The key point, and what takes primacy above all else, is the professional judgment of the doctor. I commend the words of my hon. Friend the Member for Ipswich about every doctor…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twentieth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship again, Sir Roger. Amendment 301 would prolong the first period of reflection, after which point the independent doctor can conduct…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighteenth sitting)The challenge in the hon. Gentleman’s amendment is the term “total turnover.” A GP would have to extrapolate from the service provided to a whole range of other costs that may…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighteenth sitting)If we are specifically talking about the amendments tabled by the hon. Member for East Wiltshire, he is saying that the total turnover from providing this service should be…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I agree. Like any other aspect of what doctors and general practitioners do, this service is based on remuneration. They are professionals and should be remunerated as such, so…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)rose—05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)The purpose of these amendments is to prevent someone with an impairment of judgment arising from a mental disorder or other condition from being able to access assisted dying.…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)These amendments introduce requirements on the timing within which the co-ordinating doctor must carry out a first assessment once the first declaration is made by a person. I…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)If I am still your friend by the end of this Committee, I will be absolutely amazed.05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)This group of amendments refines the requirements related to the first declaration, clarifying the witnessing process, identity verification and regulatory obligations. I will…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. As I have said, the Government remain neutral and my role is not to offer a Government view on the merits of the…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eighteenth sitting)Amendments 144 to 171, tabled by the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd, relate to the powers and duties vested in the Secretary of State under the Bill. The purpose of the…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)Thank you so much, Mrs Harris—I will try again. Although it is up to Parliament to pass or reject this Bill, the Government remain committed to ensuring its legal robustness and…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I look forward to having that debate on another day. Unless other colleagues want to intervene, I will now sit down, to the delight of the Chair.05 Mar 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Nineteeth sitting)This section of the Bill covers the issue of ID and says that proof of ID is required. I am simply responding to the requirements of the Bill. I am more than happy to have a…05 Mar 2025