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Lord Harper (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 30 January 2026

Debate

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Contribution

The noble and learned Lord talked about questioning; this is important, because I think he slightly misspoke. Subsection (5) says: “Where the panel considers it appropriate for medical reasons, it may make provision for the use of pre-recorded audio or video material”. The problem with that is that you lose any ability to ask questions, which is critical. That was added afterwards—after people had heard these concerns—and it went backwards. Will the noble and learned Lord reflect on that? If he is going to table an amendment, I ask him to make sure that it reflects the debate that he has heard this morning in your Lordships’ Committee.

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