Speeches by Leadbeater.

“I beg to move amendment 514, in clause 27, page 16, line 28, leave out subsection (4). This amendment is consequential on NC24.”

“In combination, amendments 514 to 516 and new clause 24 refine and strengthen the legal framework surrounding assisted dying, shifting the focus towards serious fraudulent misconduct and the falsification of documents, and ensuring that prosecutions are conducted with careful oversight by the Director of Public Prosecu…”

“My hon. Friend is making some interesting points, but I think they are probably more relevant to the debate we had the other day on clause 18. Clause 28 is about the prescribing, dispensing and transporting of approved substances, rather than the substances themselves.”

“I will speak briefly about amendments 485 and 521, on which I will respectfully disagree—not for the first time—with the hon. Member for East Wiltshire. I believe the negative procedure is perfectly adequate in matters of this kind. We had a similar debate the other day. I will also speak to amendments 442 and 445 in t…”

“I am not aware of any situation in which we debate the drugs for any other type of medical provision or healthcare. I appreciate the gravity of the situation but, with all due respect to colleagues, we are not best placed to make those kinds of decisions and it is unnecessary for us to have that debate. Clinicians and …”

“As I have said, I think the negative procedure is the correct level of parliamentary involvement in that process. Amendment 442 agreed to. Amendment proposed: 443, in clause 28, page 17, line 4, after “substances” insert “as approved through the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and either the Nationa…”

“I will be very brief. My understanding is—I think the Minister said this—that the attending practitioner, the medical examiner or anybody else, including family members, could refer to the coroner if they felt it was necessary or suspected anything untoward. If that is the case, I am content that the Bill is fit for pu…”

“I have been desperately trying to find the amendment number—I think it is amendment 500 that looks at what will be recorded, and it covers such data as the hon. Member for Richmond Park is requesting.”

“As has been alluded to by various Committee members, I fully support the intention behind amendment 273, but I think it will be covered already. I have mentioned my amendment 500, but amendment 455 is probably more pertinent. It looks at the annual report that the assisted dying commissioner would produce, which makes …”

“I have nothing to add.”

“I confirm that I am happy to support amendment 447.”

“I thought we were going to get a full house with this group, but let us have a look. I am minded to support amendment 447, as I have previously said. I will wait to hear from the Minister the impact that that will have on amendment 523.”

“That is very helpful indeed. In that case I am very pleased to support amendment 523 in the name of the hon. Member for East Wiltshire as well. I am also minded to support amendment 394 in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford, which I think is very sensible, like his other amendments that …”

“My hon. Friend the hon. Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge has made a powerful and passionate case for the provision of independent advocates, and, as always, has done an outstanding job of advocating for people with disabilities, including learning disabilities, mental disorders and autism, as she has done througho…”

“I understand the sentiment behind the amendment, but as the Minister said, codes of practice serve a particular purpose. Everyone has to comply with and abide by the law, but codes of practice are there to assist in the exercise of a person’s professional judgment. I worry about losing the ability for professionally tr…”

“I briefly show my support for these amendments that have been tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford. Amendment 395 agreed to. Amendment made: 396, in clause 31, page 19, line 14, at end insert— “(ba) persons with learning disabilities;”—(Daniel Francis.) Clause 31, as amended, ordered to stan…”

“That is indeed what would happen under the Bill as it stands.”

“That is the sort of thing that the doctor would explore with the patient. It would happen in a very limited set of circumstances. We have to accommodate people who are physically impaired as a result of their terminal illness, and we have to include that there are a range of circumstances where this might apply. The pr…”

“I beg to move amendment 474, in clause 16, page 11, line 17, at end insert— “(1A) In this section ‘recordable event’ means an event mentioned in a paragraph of subsection (1).” This amendment is consequential on amendments 209 and 377.”

“That is why amendment 321 in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford is really important. We have to put the reason down for why there is a proxy. It depends on personal circumstances and what that patient is going through, so we have to have a bit of flexibility, but they have to be unable t…”