Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Debate

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Tom Collins

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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

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Friday 16th May 2025

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Commons Chamber
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Tom Collins Portrait Tom Collins (Worcester) (Lab)
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Will my hon. Friend give way?

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I am mindful of time, so I will continue.

Why, then, would we now choose, as a House, to hide from patients information about their options? For so many years, people have been put through that. Informed consent to treatment, including end of life care, is informed only when it includes all options. There is also the practical element of what would count as a patient raising it first. Would they have to make a specific statement? Would they have to use specific language? It would create a legal and medical minefield for doctors and patients.

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