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We know that people can withdraw from treatment on lots of things. That is not what we are debating. There are examples of things having been extended in other countries, and I appreciate that we will get on to anorexia and similar issues in another group, so I will not dwell on that. I have been led to believe that even conditions such as arthritis, HIV/AIDS, as my noble friend has just referred to, and hernias have been used as examples of things that are irreversible without treatment. We should consider this carefully, and hear and understand why we are not putting some condition on the definition of terminal illness.