Member

I mention scope creep. I fear that the Bill implicitly puts a price on my head and those of people with lifelong congenital conditions, because it effectively facilitates a pathway whereby withholding expensive treatments risks making people like me eligible for assisted dying. Let us remember that some people are determined that this Bill, as has been the case in other jurisdictions, is only the beginning. Already My Death, My Decision has criticised the Bill as inadequate. Now I have huge respect for lawyers, particularly those in your Lordships’ House, but that does not mean I am comfortable about the likelihood that some of them may push to extend the law, perhaps by using the ECHR.