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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 6 February 2026
Debate
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillContribution
I have another question. I was given a six-month terminal diagnosis. As a last resort, I was operated on, for 12 hours. According to one of the surgeons, who took great pleasure in telling me afterwards, it was pretty aggressive surgery—but hey, I was going to die anyway. By some miracle, having spent three years learning to talk again, I am still here. Yet my overall condition is inevitably progressive and cannot be reversed by treatment. So I wonder if I would qualify for assisted dying. Perhaps I would, in time, but I would be far less likely to fall victim to scope creep if this amendment was passed.
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