Member

Fourthly, we must be very careful that we do not conflate disability with terminal illness. Someone who is disabled, even very severely disabled with life-limiting conditions, is not the same as someone who is terminally ill. They are two very different things. While in later groups we will debate many of the issues around disability, we know of the grave concern among people within the disabled community. That is why hundreds of groups that represent disabled people have indicated that they are not happy with the Bill, and why not a single one has indicated that it is in favour of it. Therefore, for the sake of clarity, it is important that we put this level of protection in the Bill.