"I want to make two very brief points. First, I support the point made about proposed new subsection (6)(g), to be inserted by Amendment 115, by the noble Viscount, Lord Colville, on being clear about whether this is a medical treatment. If it is a medical treatment, it drives physicians …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech
"I would never come at the noble and learned Lord, for whom I have the greatest respect. We de facto have to make changes to the Mental Capacity Act in the application of this, because, where a person does not have capacity, you make a best interests decision, but, clearly, …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech
"My Lords, I want to speak to this amendment for two reasons. One is that my name is on it. The second is for nostalgic purposes, because the first time I spoke in this House was in a debate that my noble friend Lady Kidron was leading on smartphones in …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech
"I will be brief, given the time. I will talk about only two things and try to keep noble Lords awake with them: academic passion and the gut microbiome. That will keep noble Lords on their toes.
On academic passion, when I was president of the paediatric college, we thought …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech
"My Lords, we know that people may have many of the problems that proponents of the Bill have described as reasonable justifications for why someone may want to end their life. They may already be a burden, as they see it, or incontinent, or under financial duress, or have pain …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech
"May I just correct something? The noble and learned Lord said that I wanted it to be only things that doctors can measure. It is not so much about things that doctors can measure. I was saying that it is about whether it is plausible—a doctor should have good judgment …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech