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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 5 December 2025
Debate
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillContribution
Amendment 416 is described as clarification, since a refusal by a doctor may be because of suspicions of coercion or ineligibility. Can the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, tell the Committee why he wants to remove the opportunity for the second independent doctor to consider the first independent doctor’s reason for refusal? This surely provides an additional safeguard, particularly given his amendments to remove the terms
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