Member

The noble Lord, Lord Wolfson, highlighted clearly the crossover between this group and the earlier group that we debated today on communication and language barriers. It is from listening to the debate that I think the answer is somewhere in the middle. If somebody chooses to enter this process, and if it were more tightly defined, what if they did want somebody independent who they could discuss this with? In previous debates, the noble and learned Lord and the Member for Batley and Spen in another place have said that the only coercion would be from a family member not wanting their loved one to enter the process. I am feeling more convinced that somebody of an independent nature may be required, because if the individual does not feel that they have anyone to talk to then they might end up being slightly lost in the system.