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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 30 January 2026

Debate

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Contribution

It is right to repeat that in the other place, the Bill’s sponsor, Kim Leadbeater, admitted that the death-by-Zoom model witnessed in Oregon made her uncomfortable and looked like a tick-box exercise. If that is what she thinks, yet nothing was done to stop such an exercise, why should it be acceptable to us simply to let the Bill pass? The Bill should require that the first and second assessments and panel interview be conducted face to face. If the Bill’s sponsor is uncomfortable with death by Zoom, why should we simply rubberstamp it?

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