"My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 350 in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, Amendment 416B in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Ashcombe, and Amendments 356G and 398 to which I have added my name.
"Before my noble friend goes on to the issues that will come under the strategy, can he confirm whether, if anything is agreed along any of these lines, separate legislation will be brought in? Our fear otherwise is that this Bill goes, and it is then a long time before …..." Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
"Does the noble Baroness accept—because she has been quoting some of the evidence given to the Select Committee of which I was a member—that the committee was not able to hear either from people who were dying or indeed from the families who had been through what she is talking …..." Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
"My Lords, the people we are talking about are dying, in suffering and in pain. They are not being offered; they are going to be asking. I think of a 23 or 24 year-old in pain and about to die, possibly within weeks or months, and we turn around and …..." Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
"If I could just finish. It has been a long time in this debate without hearing from my side—I want to come on to something that the noble Lord, Lord Deben, said anyway.
"I do not have to give way. I have been speaking for three minutes, and I have listened for some hours. I am sure the noble Lord can come back; it is Committee stage, so he can speak again.
"I was talking to the debate on coercion, because there is no check on it for the existing way of ending one’s life early, which is to go to Dignitas. I was asking whether, if the Bill is changed in the way that, for example, the noble Lady, Lady Hollins, …..." Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
"I was not suggesting wasting time. I was asking whether, if these changes were agreed, people would then allow the Bill to proceed...." Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech
"I hope that the right reverend Prelate is not going to push for a vote at Third Reading. The task for this House is scrutiny of the Bill both at this stage and on Report, and I hope that that is what we will do...." Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town - View Speech