Member

I have spoken often in this House and beyond about the importance of mental health and the need to treat mental illness with the same seriousness and urgency as physical illness. This amendment is consistent with that principle. I am not sure that there could be any more important set of words in the Bill than those that define the purpose for which we would allow such a change to a law that has existed for centuries. I urge your Lordships to support my amendments, to make the Bill true to its purpose and bring dignity to those whose lives are ending. I commend these amendments to the Committee.