Member

I am in a different position from many noble Lords because the sponsor of the Bill, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, actually agreed with one of my proposals, on 16 January. He tabled three amendments—Amendments 330A, 357A and 387A—on requiring a doctor to ask somebody why they want an assisted death. If this legislation stops today, I would very much like to ask the noble and learned Lord—as well as anyone in the other place who might be minded to sponsor a similar Bill in the next Session—to do as the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, said and find a way of bringing forward legislation that includes some of the safeguards that the noble and learned Lord has indicated he would support.