Member

In the light of that approach, and it is a sensible and well-thought-out approach in the Bill, I will deal with the particular amendments. Amendments 71 to 74, 94 and 204 all suggest that you have to take into account any treatment which might slow, halt or ameliorate the condition. I understand that these amendments are based on the proposition that, in considering whether you have six months or more to live, you should have regard to treatments that could be taken, rather than those that have been taken, because plainly, you need to have six months or less to live before you become eligible. For the reasons I gave in my initial remarks, I am not in favour of any of these amendments, because they require the dying person to make difficult decisions about what care to take. I am, unfortunately, not in favour of those.