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Amendment 211 addresses a different scenario, where a minor raises assisted dying themself. The Bill is silent about what must follow, yet silence in safeguarding creates inconsistency and risk. Dr Annabel Price told the Commons Public Bill Committee that around 20% of those who might qualify under the Bill could have diagnosable depression, and that those expressing a wish to hasten their death are far more likely to feel suicidal. Professor Louis Appleby’s work likewise shows that suicidal risk can spike in the immediate aftermath of a serious diagnosis before stabilising with support.