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For example, I think it is agreed on both sides of this argument that you should not be able to use a lasting power of attorney to seek the death of another person—I see the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, nodding. If there is general agreement on that, it should be put explicitly in the Bill, which would prevent any judicial change to it. A judicial ruling could then say that the Act was incompatible with the Human Rights Act 1998, but, without Parliament, it absolutely could not change the law and allow somebody to have an assisted suicide at the request of somebody else.