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Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 24 April 2026

Debate

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Contribution

It was the in principle issue that I was discussing rather than amendments, but I take the most reverend Primate’s point completely. I have jumped now to costs. The cost is about the same as the cost of accidents caused by wearing flip-flops. My estimate is, and I have had some better economists than I check, that the cost estimated for this is about two hours of NHS spending time. Would we say that NHS is not going to spend money on people who have had accidents wearing flip-flops,going skiing or horseracing or doing dangerous sports, that we would not come to their aid because it was too expensive? So how can we put costs in over this? Progress could have been faster, it could have been more focused, it could have even been forensic had we concentrated on the big issues. I apologise to those affected, some of whom are with us today, because we have failed in what we should have done.

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