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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 30 January 2026
Debate
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillContribution
To conclude, this is why autonomy is not enough as the basis for the Bill. Indeed, under the guise of autonomy, and sort of sneaked into the Bill, is a subversion of the general taboo on suicide, the general societal efforts to prevent it, and the legal prohibition on assisting it. The Bill proposes to change the translation of that moral framework into legal provisions, and that is why we must be so cautious that we know what we are doing if we proceed with the Bill.
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