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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The right hon. Member makes an excellent point. I think it goes back to our basic view that there are some amazing health professionals in our healthcare system who do fantastic…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)My understanding is that amendment 181 is clear that the qualification for accessing assisted dying has to be based on the definitions in the main body of the Bill. If passed by…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)My answer to that question is yes. My understanding is that so long as the terminally ill, six-month criteria are met, that person would qualify for assistance under the Bill.25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is a well-made case; I am still reflecting on it, because of the somewhat complex nature of my role on this Committee, but I am inclined to support the hon. Member’s amendment.…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)What the hon. Member will have picked up throughout this debate, on every day that we have met, is that the Government are concerned about adding or taking away terminology that…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. Although it is for Parliament to progress any Bill, the Government have a responsibility to make sure that legislation on…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twelfth sitting)I will make some brief remarks on the legal and practical effect of clause 1, as amended, to assist hon. Members in making their own assessment. Clause 1 sets out the eligibility…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Twelfth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. As previously stated, my role, and that of the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, my hon. and learned Friend the…25 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. I am just talking about the amendment to reduce the time from six months to one month. I will come on to the issue of eating and…25 Feb 2025HANSARDCardiovascular Disease: PreventionThis has been an interesting debate on so many levels. I thank you for that clarification, Mr Mundell. I was just talking about the fact that around 70% of the CVD burden is…13 Feb 2025HANSARDCardiovascular Disease: PreventionI absolutely will. I would be happy to complete my remarks, but I do not know that would work, given that Mr Shannon has made his second contribution.13 Feb 2025HANSARDCardiovascular Disease: PreventionIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. I am indeed starting with an apology. I am very embarrassed by the fact that the debate was put by my officials…13 Feb 2025HANSARDCardiovascular Disease: PreventionMy hon. Friend is right that prevention should focus on as early as possible in the life of our young people. Bad habits form at early ages. That is not helped by the behaviour of…13 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I will just take us back to the first principles. This is not a Government Bill; it is the Bill of my hon. Friend the Member for Spen…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McVey. This group of amendments focuses on the motivations of an individual who wishes to seek assisted dying services. As…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Tenth sitting)That was a misunderstanding; I was talking about “treatment” as a legal term.12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Eleventh sitting)I cannot really comment, because I did not get the specific question that my hon. Friend asked.12 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health ServicesMy hon. Friend is a doughty campaigner on this issue in her constituency. She is right that the integration of services is crucial to ensuring that we get the best possible…11 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health ServicesThe Chair of the Committee will have seen that we have made an explicit commitment to the mental health investment standard—we are absolutely committed to that. In addition, we…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ninth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. My understanding is that it is termed as a treatment under the law. The Government do not take a view on the semantics of the word;…11 Feb 2025