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Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 6 February 2026

Debate

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Contribution

The noble and learned Lord kindly agreed to address the issue of inadvertent misdiagnosis and he said that this group of amendments led by Amendment 71 was the time to bring that up. It was pointed out at the time by the noble Baroness, Lady Berger, that 23% of six-month diagnoses of death turned out to be wrong. How does that tie in with the Minister telling us that there had to be an assumption of an 80% chance of somebody dying within six months? Can the noble and learned Lord address that problem before we finish?

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