Member

I encourage my noble and learned friend, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, to consider these amendments and, if not, to at least assure the Committee that we can make sure this legislation protects against ageism, ableism and a quiet drift from terminal illness to judging certain lives as less worth living. In that sense, these amendments are not hostile to the Bill’s supporters. They are an invitation to make the Bill honest about its scope, defensible in law and safer in practice. I therefore strongly support Amendments 99, 102 and 105. I urge the Committee to do likewise.