Lord Falconer of Thoroton

A whole range of issues is covered to a large extent by the Online Safety Act in relation to the promotion of suicide, particularly to young people. That, in a way, is a separate…

The point of this part of the Bill is that it is a legitimate option. If the noble Lord is saying that because we have suicide prevention policies in other areas, we should still…

The noble Lord is right. The point I was making was that, if it is raised, it is not sensible to just close down the discussion altogether. There has to be an informed discussion,…

I completely understand what the noble Baroness is saying. Suppose you cannot find a doctor with that information about you—the noble Baroness, Lady Cass, is not talking about the…

My Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Jackson of Peterborough, for telling us about the circumstances of his father’s DNR, to the noble Lord, Lord Evans of Rainow, for t…

Before the noble Baroness references New Zealand, I was saying that that was the position. There was then a five-year review in Victoria and the law was changed.

The noble Baroness will know that Clause 5 specifically says that if a registered medical practitioner raises the question of assisted death, he “must explain to and discuss with…

I think the position was that there was an Act in Victoria, Australia. After the five-year review of the operation of the Act, the Government recommended that the prohibition on r…

I congratulate the noble Lord because, although I disagreed with his conclusions, in just three minutes and 35 seconds he managed to summarise brilliantly the arguments both ways…

No.

It is my fault for not dealing with it adequately. Of the two other clauses that apply, one is about advertising and is concerned with advertising into England and Wales. Nobody w…

Assisted dying is about giving somebody a good death. Palliative care is about exactly the same thing.