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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 January 2026
Debate
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillContribution
26: Clause 1, page 1, line 12, at end insert—
“(e) has had their needs fully assessed by a multiprofessional specialist palliative care team, and appropriate care provided to the extent necessary to enable them to decide whether such care would affect their wish to end their life,”Member’s explanatory statement
The amendment ensures that all terminally ill persons seeking to take up assisted dying support have had their needs assessed by a multiprofessional specialist palliative care team and met to the extent necessary to enable them to decide whether such care would affect their wish to end their life.
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