Kim Leadbeater and 6 pro-Bill MPs on the Committee have tabled 123 amendments. Concerned Committee MPs 88. This is a bad faith argument.
Amendments from across the House include those from 'Ayes' such as Tessa Munt, Wera Hobhouse, Brian Matthews, Claire Hazelgrove 1/
Amendments from across the House include those from 'Ayes' such as Tessa Munt, Wera Hobhouse, Brian Matthews, Claire Hazelgrove 1/
"consequentials" complicate a numbers game but this kind of assertion is very poor.
Would she rather not see amendments from @DamianHinds requiring specific guidance if a doctor suggests assisted suicide to someone who has Downs syndrome? 2/
Would she rather not see amendments from @DamianHinds requiring specific guidance if a doctor suggests assisted suicide to someone who has Downs syndrome? 2/
Or @danfrancis02 raising concerns that a doctor might raise assisted suicide with someone under the age of 18 3/
Or @BrianMathewLD asking for a referral to be made to social workers to check for coercion and pressure 4/
Or @libdemdaisy amendment requiring a doctor to refer if they have any doubt as to a person's capacity 5/
Or @hbaldwin amendment to ensure that reasons for refusal by a doctor are communicated to the CMP and made available to the other doctors and to the Court 6/
This Bill is dealing with very complex matters. It will completely change our society. Report stage may be as little as 5 hours, only some amendments will be selected. This is the one chance MPs have to get this right 7/
More progress could have been made on the first two days of line-by-line scrutiny, but it was pro-bill MPs who moved to adjourn at 5pm.
This is more smoke and mirrors and it is not befitting legislation of this gravity. /end
This is more smoke and mirrors and it is not befitting legislation of this gravity. /end
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