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Baroness Cash (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 January 2026

Debate

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Contribution

I am grateful for the chance to clarify my point. It is not about litigating any of those complex issues. The EHRC is the regulator for this type of law in this country. The EHRC evidence, given before the Select Committee and written subsequently in answer to the committee’s questions, is that the equality impact assessment is inadequate, and it requests that those inadequacies be clarified. I do not have the text to hand, but it specifies in its letter to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, the protected characteristic categories that it is particularly concerned about. That inadequacy, which was just now highlighted by noble Baroness, Lady Berger, is what is leaving us with our hands tied behind our backs and unable to give an answer in this debate.

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