Member

The other interesting amendment is Amendment 146. We will come back to this in a different way later in the debate, but I am worried about the “Harold Shipman effect”. I understand that there are supposed to be two doctors looking at this and then others, but, as we have debated, the panel does not have to be together to make its considerations, and does not necessarily have to meet the person who is putting forward the proposal. This amendment proposes a way of starting to think about the fact that to have confidence in this working, we cannot just wait for the annual statistics—and other noble Lords have tabled amendments about duties, statistics and reporting—which might come three years later. We are still waiting for a variety of things. I would ensure sure that we look at what information can be made available a lot more quickly.