Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Andrew Murrison Excerpts

Friday 13th June 2025 Commons Chamber

[Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire) (Con)]

Will my hon. Friend give way?

[Gregory Stafford]

I will make a little progress before taking another intervention.

No safeguards can prevent complications from taking medicines. As I am sure the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (Peter Prinsley) knows, there can always be complications. In this case, those could include regurgitation of the drugs, regaining consciousness and seizures.

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[Dr Murrison]

My hon. Friend was right to table his amendment, which I certainly support. Does he agree that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency would insist that a barbiturate or any other substance used in medicine should be approved for a specific cause? We cannot translate that to a completely different cause or reason for using it. Would he also agree that the way to deal with the issue is for it to be properly regulated through the MHRA?

[Gregory Stafford]

I entirely agree. Some of the amendments tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Gosport (Dame Caroline Dinenage) may address that.