Member

While we support this amendment in principle, we urge the Government to look carefully at the wider landscape of capacity and representation and to ensure that the Bill can operate fairly and lawfully in all cases, not only where a power of attorney is in place. This, again, addresses our view that we must take these days in Committee as an opportunity to try to imagine how the Bill will function practically. We hope that the Government take this chance to bring on board some of our concerns and take action to address and clarify this issue—which, in our submission, would make achieving the purpose of the Bill easier and make the Bill more effective.