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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)If you have systems where assisted death is offered outside the healthcare setting, as in some of the countries around the world that you have mentioned, how does that limit…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q Professor Preston, we have heard from a wide range of different people from different jurisdictions. What we have heard and the evidence suggest that where we see assisted dying…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q Thank you all for coming here and sharing your personal experiences. I think it really adds to this, and it is why we are all here. My question is about access, which is one of…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q Dr Ward, I think the point about a holistic and evidence-based approach is critical. In the work that you did in the Scottish example you gave, how was the terminal illness…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Seventh sitting)Q We have had a lot of conversations and taken a lot of evidence over the last few days about a gag clause to prohibit medical professionals raising assisted dying as part of the…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Sixth sitting)On that—30 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q My questions are to Dr Graham and Lord Sumption. The Bill, in its current form, has several opportunities for confirming capacity and whether the people who want to take up…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q I have a question for Professor Esmail. One of the things that we have talked about with different witnesses is whether we should have a wider panel of people looking at these…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fifth sitting)Q I would like to direct my question to Dr Neerkin. We have heard from lots of different jurisdictions where assisted dying is commonplace now. In those areas, the actual uptake…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q One of the things that we have heard from other countries that have assisted dying is that this is one of the strongest and most robust laws. I wonder whether Professor…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q One of the things that we have heard from other people and other jurisdictions is about moving away from a High Court judge, and having a multidisciplinary team and panel. Do…29 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q It was suggested by people who gave evidence earlier today that people might start exploring the option of assisted dying for fear of feeling a burden, and that the law cannot…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q Since the assisted dying Bill had its Second Reading, we have seen announcements from the Government about investment into palliative care. Obviously that is mostly capital and…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q In its current form, the Bill looks quite heavily at medical professionals; we have already heard from lots of experts in that area. In social care and palliative care, you…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q To build on that point—which is pretty much what I was going to ask and what I am trying to get to—Sue Ryder’s evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee inquiry into…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)That was a really comprehensive answer. I think the key point that you touched on is the multidisciplinary approach.28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Second sitting)Q That is really helpful. I wonder how people like you and organisations like yours see your role in the assisted dying process. Do you think it might be better if you were…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Third sitting)Q What further steps do we need to take to improve palliative care? How do you define when palliative care is sufficient to allow assisted dying? I am struggling with how we say…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI recently visited a school in my constituency in a building that is hundreds of years old. Its school condition allocation does not cover the work needed to keep the school warm,…27 Jan 2025HANSARD ECO4 and Insulation SchemesI am sure the Minister will recall our intimate Adjournment debate before the House rose for the Christmas recess—it was just her and me here. [ Interruption. ] Yes, and it was…23 Jan 2025