Speeches by Kruger.

“Well, I think prostitution is actually legal; it is the soliciting of it that is illegal—but others can correct me. The only thing that an owner or occupier of a premises is not allowed to forbid is activity that is covered by the Equality Act 2010 or other equality laws. There is nothing in the Equality Act or other l…”

“I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I was simply asking what causes him to object to physician-administered assistance to die. If he supports the principle of assisted suicide and believes in doctor autonomy, why does he not think that doctors should be able to administer the fatal dose?”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, because that is exactly the sort of organisation that I would expect to have an objection to assisted dying taking place in its premises. He invites us to consider the alternative to the amendment, which is that there should be an obligation on a care home provider to f…”

“When we talk about this in future debates, it might be appropriate for this conversation to be referenced. I think my hon. Friend is suggesting that it should be acceptable, and that assisted death would be legal, as long as the patient moved their head towards the straw and cup, and that it would be illegal, according…”

“The hon. Lady is absolutely right. We have heard so many professionals convey their concerns about the Bill. The majority of medical professionals who work with the dying—care workers, palliative care specialists and hospice staff— oppose assisted dying, and it is not right to ask them to take a job knowing that they m…”

“Once again, we are in an extraordinary no man’s land between medical treatment and something else that we cannot find a word for. The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Of course, it is appropriate in medical treatment for a nurse or doctor to assist in the administration of a treatment. As he suggests, if the person …”

“On the hon. Lady’s first point, about the gardener refusing to mow the lawn, the activities that an individual will be allowed to opt out of are clearly specified in the amendment and they are the activities covered under the Bill. It is not about unrelated activities connected with the premises but the provision of as…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that just as we are specifying that an individual who is in receipt of public funds—a public employee, a medical professional—is allowed to decline to participate in this service, institutions in receipt of public funds should be able to do likewise? Many institutions receive public funds for …”

“I am not objecting to that suggestion. No one would want me working in any sort of clinical setting. I just wanted to emphasise my hon. Friend’s point, and that speaks to the point from my right hon. Friend the Member for North West Hampshire about the symmetry. Her amendment would enable a service like Dignitas, or th…”

“I think the hon. Gentleman is right about this one. Does he agree that the hospices that have written to us have a very valid point of concern that they might be required to facilitate assisted dying on their premises, even if many members of staff or other residents do not wish that to happen? Does he agree that it is…”

“I will press amendments 465 to 467, but not amendment 409. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.”

“That is 45,000 more awards than in the same period last year, but 880,000 people are eligible—that is a pathetic achievement, and the Government have spent millions of pounds on advertising this. We still have thousands of people waiting for their winter fuel payment, and the winter is over, so it is a little late for …”

“When the Government scrapped universal entitlement to the winter fuel payment, they said that all 880,000 people eligible for it would get it through pension credit. We now know that that did not happen; they have got fewer than 120,000 new pensioners enrolled. More than three quarters of a million of the poorest pensi…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage), my Wiltshire near-neighbour, for her powerful speech representing the many thousands of people who supported the petition. I pay tribute to our visitors in the Public Gallery, many of whom I detect m…”

“I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who is without a doubt the greatest Back Bencher in the House of Commons, and I very much agree with what he is saying. I reiterate my appreciation of and respect for colleagues across the House and particularly those Labour Members who have spoken today and in other places in suppo…”

“The hon. Lady is absolutely right: it would be a helpful incentive to identify young carers among the school population. I will come in a moment to further support that schools need to do that work. As has been mentioned, there are bursaries, introduced by the last Government, to help with the costs of education, such …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Harlow (Chris Vince) for securing the debate, for his very good speech and also for the work he has done in support of young carers over the years. It was good to hear about that. I also pay tribute to other hon. Members wh…”

“I thank the Government for these excellent plans. The ghosts of men who went to liberate Europe and never came back are all over Wiltshire—the county that I represent part of. Lord Alanbrooke’s diaries are full of the villages and towns that he visited during the war while supporting our troops who were preparing to go…”

“Yes, but he or she will consider a reconsideration only on the basis of an application to reconsider made by the applicant. There is only one opportunity for an appeal and it can happen in only one direction: against a refusal. I will come on to the role of the commissioner in a moment, but in the great majority of cas…”

“I just want to support the hon. Member for Bradford West. She is absolutely right. It is clearly intended that there should be a unanimous decision but, in fact, as the hon. Lady pointed out, if one of the members decides effectively to abstain, the procedure does go ahead. It is not that they all have to actively supp…”