"My Lords, I have Amendments 190, 268, 359, 617 and 660 in this group. The crux of this group is that assisting suicide is not a medical treatment, and products to bring about the death are being used not as medications but in massive overdoses for their poisonous properties.
"Noble Lords are repeatedly intervening on the different points.
As for the numbers, the estimates, based on the evidence from other countries, suggest that the estimates in the impact assessment are very low, and that the demand for assisted suicide would be much higher, so it would come into the …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"I intervene on the noble Baroness’s comment about training. Everybody is, indeed, trained in abortion, for example, as they go through medical school, but by the time you are practising clinically and you are on a specialist register, you are no longer keeping up to date with those skills at …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, I hesitated but I want to come in on that, because I am not clear what the position is for care assistants and people who are involved in the intimate care of patients. In Australia in particular, there have been problems where staff such as care assistants, who …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"So, to clarify, the noble and learned Lord is not allowing a provision here to say that if you have strong feelings, for instance, you will be able to ask not to be rostered to work on that shift, or on that day, or in that situation, and instead be …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"In light of the fact that the noble Baroness said this would be a formal discussion, does she agree that if we are sticking with the principle of choice, autonomy and accurate information, it becomes even more important that the patient is given, as fast as possible, a comprehensive copy …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"What assessment was made by the Government when saying that the proposals in these amendments would limit the ability to design an optimum service in relation to the Bill, given the system in the Netherlands where SCEN doctors—the second opinion doctors—have specific training and are specifically listed as being able …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"I do not quite understand, then, why I received a letter dated 26 March, just this week, from the Royal College of General Practitioners, requesting explicit clarification in the Bill to make it clear that there is no expectation on any doctor, including GPs. I wonder whether there were discussions …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, may I question the Minister? The 49th report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee drew attention to the very unusual nature of the clause in the Bill that allows the delegated powers to be used to do anything that an Act of Parliament can do and …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"Can the noble and learned Lord clarify the support? If the lethal drugs are there and the person feels that they cannot take them in the form that they are presented, is the independent advocate to be involved in any alteration of the preparation, such as crushing tablets or heating …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech