"If I may, I would like to come on to the issue of the information around drugs, because that is key. But I did not want people to think that simply signing the form was adequate.
"My Lords, in introducing this group of amendments, the noble Lord, Lord Birt, said that one of the reasons he tabled them was that the proposals in the Bill are potentially chaotic and prolonged. This group is in some ways something and nothing. The proposals make the case for a …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"It might be helpful to add that, in normal procedure, you would explain to a patient what the complications may be but also what you will do. This Bill does not say what you will do. That is why I pointed out that somebody who is very drowsy and beginning …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"Of course patients are welcome to refuse. I am slightly worried by the noble Lord’s phrase “I just want the injection”. The Bill is very clear: this is about self-administration. The doctor has to discuss with the patient how they are going to inject themselves with the lethal dose of …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"I seek a little more clarification. The noble and learned Lord just said that the doctor should act in a way to save the patient’s life. In that case, if the patient takes their lethal drugs and does not die, the doctor then stands back, lets them wake up, lets …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"I am grateful to the noble Lord for his intervention, but I think we need to stay focused on the amendments in this group and not get diverted. That is what I am trying to do.
"I am grateful to the noble Lord for referring to that letter and quoting the amounts of money in it. Does he recognise that that is one-off and not recurring funding, and there is no intention for funding to increase as cost of living and so on increase, and to …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"The noble and learned Lord has not responded to the question of what the doctor does if the patient develops the complication of not dying. The patient may begin to reawaken, but it is not clear at all what should happen if they say, “I want you to suffocate me. …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, will the Government undertake to work with the AFRUCA organisation? Often, a problem for girls with skin of colour is that bruises do not show. Therefore, the people who may encounter these girls with early signs of abuse, which then escalates, do not easily have the triggers to …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech