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Secondly, the requirement is that, in consequence of that illness or disease, you could be expected to die within six months. In terms of the point the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, began to career off with a few moments ago, the progressive illness or disease has to be what brings your life to an end. The point that the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, made was clear. Suppose I have cancer, I am being treated with chemotherapy and it is inevitable that I will succumb to an infection within a week, two weeks or six weeks. That is a situation where there is a combination, but my death will be in consequence of the cancer.