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“…have hesitated to intervene at this point because we are going to come later to talk about capacity and why the Mental Capacity Act and its definition does not fit well with this Bill.”

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-11-14 · Hansard ↗

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  1. Palliative & end of life care191st of 5406.0
  2. Mental health615th of 8904.0
  3. Medical ethics & regulation168th of 2262.0

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What they’ve said

  • “I never suggested that they should be alternatives. The truth is that palliative care is not available in all parts of our country, so this has to be a real choice. That is the only element I made. Also, I hope that all of us would look at the evidence, from wherever it came.”

    Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-11-14 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “If we look at what Professor Foster and others have said, they say that the Mental Health Act 1983 is the sort of assessment that a psychiatrist should make as to whether they are in a position to make that decision. It is not just the MCA on its own—”

    Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-11-14 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…But we also heard that New Zealand had moved from being the third most successful in delivering palliative care to the 12th, and there was a direct correlation, we were told, between the reduction in the investment in palliative care and the existence of the new service.”

    Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-11-14 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…This issue has to be looked at. We have to be serious about looking at the Mental Health Act 1983, looking at the Act on capacity and coming up with something that suits. This is too serious for us not to do it.”

    Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-11-14 · Read on Hansard ↗

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