"Deciding to die is not like deciding to marry or to consent to surgery, or managing finances. Death cannot be revisited. The safeguards must therefore be qualitatively stronger. These amendments do not undermine autonomy; they protect it. They recognise that autonomy without memory, continuity or liberty is fragile and easily …..."
"As the noble Baroness herself said, we debated both deprivation of liberty and the Mental Capacity Act and its use extensively—I think it was on 14 November—and I believe the sponsor, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, agreed to look at extra safeguards around deprivation of liberty, being aware …..." Lord Markham - View Speech
"I endeavoured to keep my remarks brief, and I believe I did so, taking under five minutes. The point of the amendments is very specific, around eligibility, which we had not discussed. We talked more broadly about the concerns around the Mental Capacity Act, but not specifically in the context …..." Baroness Berger - View Speech
"My Lords, as a consequence of our earlier debates, as the noble Lord, Lord Markham, said, we know that in the context of applications for assisted suicide, the Mental Capacity Act, which is to be used for determining capacity, would permit an unwise decision—we have all agreed on that—even if …..." Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
"The noble Baroness suggested that the only interaction will be with the first doctor. She will be aware that Clause 12 requires both doctors to examine and have discussions with the patient and she will also be aware that, under normal, though not all, circumstances, the panel must speak to …..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"It is exactly the same for the co-ordinating doctor and the independent doctor. I am not clear what distinction the noble Baroness is making between the two. Perhaps she can explain to the Committee...." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"I will revert to the Bill and come back to the noble and learned Lord in due course. If I am wrong, I apologise.
The noble and learned Lord has committed, in your Lordship’s House, to build special protection for those currently or recently subject to a deprivation of liberty …..." Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
"If the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, believes that a higher threshold should apply, surely he should accept Amendment 115, which proposes to replace Clause 3—which refers to capacity in the Mental Capacity Act 2005, about which my noble colleagues will speak—with a new definition of capacity for the …..."