Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab)

I am greatly obliged. I will go through the amendments but, before I start, it is clear, as I said when I introduced my amendment, that the purpose of the independent advocate is as set out in my Amendment 548A. The job of the independent advocate is to “represent and support a qualifying person in connection with … understanding the options available to the qualifying person as regards end of life care, or … anything done under this Act, by or in relation to the qualifying person”. Just to answer the question from the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, as to what is meant by “anything done under this Act, by or in relation to the qualifying person”, the independent advocate can provide help on every aspect of it—for example, assisting in any representations that person wants to make or getting in touch with somebody that the person wants to help them make a decision. It does not envisage assistance in the last act, which is taking the substance, because it is clear in the clause that that needs to be done by the person alone. The following words, “anything done under this Act, by or in relation to the qualifying person”, are used in addition to “understanding the options” because, whenever someone is going through a process, they may well understand it, but they may want help with, for example, preparing documents, filling in forms or working out whom they need further advice from. That is the relationship there. I also echo what the noble Baroness, Lady Cass, said: the purpose of the independent advocate is not to be an independent advocate for assisted dying; it is to help the person going through the process to understand the process and to come to their own decision. Can I move on to—