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rather than the softer and more ambiguous phrase, “seek assistance to”. If Parliament prefers language designed to obscure the harsher aspects of what the law will permit, we must ask what message that sends to clinicians interpreting the law in practice. If the Bill itself is imprecise, does this not draw out the risks that doctors may also be imprecise in their interpretations? This amendment is not a rhetorical flourish; it is about informed consent. A person cannot meaningfully consent to something that is not described plainly, and a doctor cannot meaningfully assess capacity if the statutory language itself avoids naming the act. Precision is not pedantry; it is protection.