"My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 87, which details the exclusion of those with diagnosed eating disorders from accessing assisted dying, because I consider this a tricky area deserving of very careful debate. There are serious and specific risks that the Bill poses to people with anorexia nervosa …..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech
"A bespoke decision-making framework would initially be legally untested, but the same is true of the Mental Capacity Act, which, as my noble friend Lady Cass said, has never been operationalised or judicially tested in the context of assisted dying. The idea that the two doctors involved would be trained …..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech
"Let me frame it as a question then. Does the noble and learned Lord agree that there are already bespoke decision-making frameworks and that this is not novel in UK law?..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend, who has presented a different approach to assessing capacity. I was a member of the post-legislative scrutiny committee on the Mental Capacity Act. Both in my professional capacity as a learning disability psychiatrist and as a family carer, I …..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech
"Can I just a question? The Minister has suggested that these students could come and work in non-training posts. But the problem, as I understand it—do correct me if I am wrong—is that, for example, St George’s students must complete their foundation year in the UK to be eligible to …..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech
"I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Roe, on an excellent maiden speech.
I welcome the Minister’s explanation of the Bill’s priorities, which I broadly support, but I have some concerns about the possible unintended impact on the UK’s medical training reputation, especially given recent investments in international …..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 75, which I have added my name to. It addresses probably the most decisive yet hardest to confirm clinical issue, and is central to the Bill.
Prognosis is not determined by diagnosis alone. Throughout my career as a doctor, I have seen many …..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech
"My Lords, for the purposes of the point I am making, I am going to proceed on the assumption that was put forward by the sponsors that the drugs used for an assisted death are to be treated as a healthcare intervention, although I do not accept that this assumption …..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech
"My Lords, I support and have added my name to Amendment 771ZA, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Mackinlay, which would prevent the assisted dying service being part of the NHS. I agree with the points made by my noble friend Lord Stevens.
"My Lords, when I first read this Bill, I realised that there was something important missing—a first stage, if you like. This group of amendments is probably one of the most important to address before the Bill can really make progress. Ther Bill, in its drafting, has perhaps failed to …..." Baroness Hollins - View Speech