Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Debate between Baroness Butler-Sloss and Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Committee stage
Friday 30th January 2026
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Friday 30th January 2026
(4 days, 7 hours ago)
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Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab)
I do not think that it justifies a new equality assessment. The thing about equality assessments is that lawyers can constantly write to clients and say, “You haven’t considered this and you haven’t considered that”. Having read in detail the equality assessment, I say that it deals properly and adequately with the issues.
Baroness Butler-Sloss (CB)
My Lords, I wonder whether it would be possible to get to the next group of amendments.