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Baroness Berger (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 January 2026

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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

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The noble Lord and I sat on the Select Committee on the Bill. He may recall that I pressed the Minister specifically on this point: to clarify who would be delivering an assisted dying service in this country should the Bill be accepted. Only after a number of questions did the Minister acknowledge that it was the Government’s intention that the NHS would commission an assisted dying service. He could not clarify or confirm whether it would be delivered by the NHS, the private sector, the voluntary sector or charitable organisations and, if it was the private sector, whether it would be allowed to generate any profit. We are still unclear. It is very challenging to us, and I hope the Minister in her response might be able to give us further clarity on that important point.
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