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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 30 January 2026

Debate

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Contribution

Amendment 65 provides a list of activities which would take place face to face. I have no difficulty in supporting this amendment, because the situations that are provided for in those subsections are of fundamental importance. After the Bill’s sponsor in the Commons, Kim Leadbeater MP, witnessed the tick-box online assessment in Oregon, she told ITV, as others have said, that the assessment should be in person, face to face. The Bill still permits exactly those “Death by Zoom” assessments.

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