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To the point raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, if a person lacks capacity, a decision can be made to give life-sustaining treatment in their best interests under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. But if a person lacks capacity for life-sustaining treatment, they are unlikely to have capacity for an assisted death. For the other amendments in this group, where I make no comment, as I said earlier, any workability concerns are likely to be less significant.