Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Debate

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Allison Gardner

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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

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Friday 16th May 2025

(1 month, 1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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Amendments 78 and 79 relate to the decisions of the multidisciplinary voluntary assisted dying panels, as set out in schedule 2—an important change made in Committee. Each panel comprises a legal expert, a social worker and a psychiatrist.
Allison Gardner Portrait Dr Allison Gardner (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Lab)
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists states that it does not feel that, at this moment in time, there are sufficient psychiatrists able to take up a position on such a panel. What response does my hon. Friend have to that?

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I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. The Royal College of Psychiatrists has a neutral position on the issue of assisted dying. If we refer to the impact—[Interruption.] Yes, it does.

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