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Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 December 2025

Debate

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Contribution

That is fine; I was hoping to sum up, and then I would willingly hand over to the noble Baroness, Lady Berger, to withdraw the amendment. I think that we need to make sure that the face of the Bill makes it clear that there is a level of particularly enhanced assessment for several groups of people—this will be only one group—who are, for whatever reason, particularly vulnerable. I hope that the number of meetings that we have will include everybody who has a concern over this, going forward to Report stage. It is of concern that the code of practice for the Mental Capacity Act has still not finished being updated. I hope that we will see an updated version next year, because the one currently in place is, in some ways, a little bit out of date, given the modern world we live in. With all that, if the noble Baroness would like to withdraw her amendment, I will be delighted to withdraw mine.

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