"My Lords, we know that people may have many of the problems that proponents of the Bill have described as reasonable justifications for why someone may want to end their life. They may already be a burden, as they see it, or incontinent, or under financial duress, or have pain …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech
"May I just correct something? The noble and learned Lord said that I wanted it to be only things that doctors can measure. It is not so much about things that doctors can measure. I was saying that it is about whether it is plausible—a doctor should have good judgment …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech
"The GMC guidance would need to be amended because, at present, there is specific advice on guidance around supporting patients at end of life. It says:
“Where patients raise the issue of assisting them to end their own life, or ask for information that might encourage or assist them in …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech
"My Lords, I was not intending to speak to the amendment, but I also met Ceri this week, and it was a privilege to talk to him. I had not heard that part of his story until my noble friend Lady Grey-Thompson told us about it.
"My Lords, I have added my name to the amendments in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Penn, and the noble Lord, Lord Nash. When I was president of the paediatric college, an important part of my job was urging Government Ministers that protecting and investing in children is …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech
"My Lords, I agree with everyone who has said that we must ask the question: what is the motivation for that individual? I submit that, unless a doctor can ask that question, they are not able to discharge their duties in two ways. First, they cannot assess the capacity of …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech
"My Lords, I will be brief, because many of the points have been made, but I would really like to make two points. My first point follows the comments of the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, about—I hesitate to use this term—“levelling up”. We know that there is a spectrum of …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech
"My Lords, like others, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Fairfax. I agree with almost everything he said, bar one aspect that I think was optimistic, which is that we have a five-year window—I fear it might be even less than that. I also agree with the concerns of the …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech
"My Lords, we are faced with a situation where, for 15 years, clinicians in this country have told children and young people that these medications are safe, fully reversible and indeed life-saving. Last year, they were rightly banned from clinical practice. However, the upshot is that now, of the 75 …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech
"My Lords, as Sarah-Jayne Blakemore has been widely referred to, it might be useful to directly quote her. She said:
“Most of these age cutoffs have not been based on what we know about brain development, because they were decided way before we knew anything about how the brain develops …..." Baroness Cass - View Speech