"My Lords, I will speak in support of Amendment 111 in the name of my noble friend Lady Eaton. This would require a higher bar for proving capacity in care homes and nursing homes. The noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, has already referred to the data: the evidence of higher cognitive …..." Baroness Lawlor - View Speech
"I have difficulty with the noble and learned Lord’s answer in respect of the Mental Capacity Act. He is absolutely right to say that, if you do not have capacity, you cannot avail yourself of this, but the Mental Capacity Act also says that you should not be judged not …..." Baroness Lawlor - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak in favour of my Amendment 110B, which would disapply Section 3(2) of the Mental Capacity Act, which, in effect, allows a person to be regarded as able to make a decision for himself
"If the noble and learned Lord is not going to write to Sir Chris Whitty to find out further, can he remind us to what evidence he referred when he gave his judgment that the Mental Capacity Act 2005 was suitable for the purposes of this Bill?..." Baroness Lawlor - View Speech
"I want to speak to the three amendments which I have tabled in this group. I urge noble Lords to show the normal courtesies that we extend when a Peer is speaking to an amendment that he or she has tabled.
"I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, but I will go on to Amendment 461H on in-person consultations. We have already heard from the proposers of Amendment 460, which would require that this consultation be in person. My amendment would require this, but it would also add that the gestational …..." Baroness Lawlor - View Speech
"I thank the Lord for that. But I think one of the American learned societies of obstetricians, gynaecologists and other kinds of medicine that indicates—as do other sites—that there is technology that is successful from seven weeks on, and certainly from nine or 10 weeks. There are differences. These differences …..." Baroness Lawlor - View Speech
"I thank the noble Lord, and I respect his expertise, but I think there is a debate about how successful scans are and from what stage. We can debate that on another occasion, but there is evidence that scans can be used successfully. I will not take any more interventions, …..." Baroness Lawlor - View Speech
"My Lords, my Amendment 461K agrees that the people who support this clause say that they are not trying to legalise abortions that would otherwise be illegal. If that were to happen, it would be extremely important to ensure that proper mechanisms exist for prosecuting the party culpable—that is to …..." Baroness Lawlor - View Speech