"My Lords, I am grateful to those who have contributed to this discussion. I made it clear at the beginning that I was probing. I am particularly grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, for pointing out that one of the difficulties for assessors is in knowing how reliable the …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"That is fine; I was hoping to sum up, and then I would willingly hand over to the noble Baroness, Lady Berger, to withdraw the amendment. I think that we need to make sure that the face of the Bill makes it clear that there is a level of particularly …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, Amendments 16 and 114 propose that anyone who is currently, or was in the year preceding their first declaration, deprived of liberty under the Mental Capacity Act will be considered to lack capacity for the decision to seek an assisted death. Amendments 16A and 114A extend this to …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"Can the noble and learned Lord clarify whether he would consider amending the Bill to ensure that information is sought from those who have provided care to the patient during the course of the serious life-limiting illness that has led them to request an assisted death, whether that is from …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing this to the House and going through things so comprehensively. I also thank her for being open to having conversations about the whole scheme at other times, without necessarily requiring us to book an appointment with her.
"My Lords, I have some questions for the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, about his Amendment 6, because my concerns also relate to the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Moylan. It does not seem to reflect the way that seriously ill children behave.
"My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Berger, has opened up an important point in this debate and her excellent opening speech certainly highlighted many of the issues.
The noble Lord, Lord Winston, spoke about cognitive reasoning. The evidence is that cognitive reasoning is well-developed at the age of 18 but …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech