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Lord Harper (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 January 2026

Debate

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Contribution

I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord for once again giving way. Can I just press him on this choice point? Although I do not agree with the Bill, there is an argument to be made for giving people a completely free choice, but does he accept that many people in society have many constraints on their ability to make choices? These amendments are trying to make sure they are making a free choice, not one that has been constrained by their other circumstances. Does the noble and learned Lord accept that it is a problem if someone has all these constraints on them and is not really making a free and unconstrained choice, which many people in this Committee would be able to make? Does he even accept that it is a problem that, although it may be difficult, potentially needs fixing?

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