Member

The Minister said last week, in the context of the amendment requiring that an applicant for assisted death must have been recently visited by a GP, that that again poses operational challenges for GP resources. I ask the Minister: if the NHS cannot deliver an occasional visit by a GP, how could it deliver an assisted dying process? I ask the movers of these amendments: what will be the cost—we need to know—and what will have to be sacrificed to pay for them? If the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, is minded to accept these amendments, can he provide your Lordships with a costing of the proposed service in all its elements?