"I was picking up on the word necessary. What the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, is suggesting is that we remove the word “capacity”. I do not know if I misunderstood the noble Lord, but that is what I thought he was saying...." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"I respect the noble Baroness for repeating her speech. Section 3 of the Mental Capacity Act says that if a person is unable to
“understand the information relevant to the decision … to retain that information … to use or weigh that information ... or … to communicate his decision”,
"That is very well put and is exactly the question. Is it appropriate to bring the Mental Capacity Act into this Bill? I understand that whether you have an assisted death is an incredibly important decision. You cannot remove the word “capacity”, so you have to reject the amendment from …..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"My Lords, I make a declaration of interest: I have an assistant who is funded by Mr Bernard Lewis and who helps me on this Bill. I make a declaration that Dignity in Dying paid for the printing of the material that was circulated to Peers in my name before …..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"I am not sure I understood the question. As far as devolution is concerned, I do not think the question of regulations on the face of the Bill is the right issue. The right issue is who has power to produce those regulations and does that offend against the devolution …..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"I am not sure the noble Lord has quite understood what I have said. It is for the regulations in so far as they deal with the Welsh health service to be delivered by Welsh Ministers, so it is quite inappropriate for us to put them in this Bill...." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech