Speeches by Green.

“Chesham grammar school, in my constituency, has received exceptional funding from the Department for some years to facilitate the hire of the neighbouring leisure centre’s sports hall for PE lessons. This year, the school’s application has been denied, despite its circumstances not having changed; it still has no on-si…”

“1. What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of exceptional funding for schools.”

“The hon. Lady will know that the Welsh Language Act 1993 put the Welsh language on an equal footing with the English language in Wales. Does she agree that it would be helpful to have clarity on whether the provisions in that Act apply to the Bill?”

“We have had a good debate on the amendments in this group. I do not intend to push amendment 278 to a vote, and I have nothing further to add to my previous remarks. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Amendment proposed: 8, in clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out from “practit…”

“I beg to move amendment 278, in clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out from beginning to “nothing” in line 16 and insert— “(1A) No registered medical practitioner may raise the subject of the provision of assistance in accordance with this Act with a person if that person has made an advanced decision which has been reco…”

“I will be brief. Amendment 278, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Wells and Mendip Hills (Tessa Munt) has some merit. It seeks to offer a more formal protection to those who are certain that they do not, and will not, want to avail themselves of the choice to end their life if they are terminally ill at any point…”

“I have great sympathy with amendment 11 in particular, which is clearly motivated by a desire to ensure that having a mental illness or disability alone does not qualify someone for an assisted death under the Bill. It is worth saying that clause 2(3) already does that and, therefore, the amendment is not necessary. Ho…”

“Q Dr Ward, I am keen to hear about your work on the Bill in the Scottish Parliament and about how best practice in other jurisdictions has informed the legislation that is currently going through Holyrood. How has it influenced and informed that draft? Dr Ward: I was the adviser on the previous Bill in Scotland as well…”

“Q On that point about palliative care, I will direct my question to Dr Furst. What has been the response from palliative care professionals to the introduction of assisted dying in Australia? We have heard evidence from people working in the sector in the UK, but I am keen to hear about your experience in Australia. I …”

“Q To follow up on what you just said about legislative consent, in October of last year, the Senedd voted against Julie Morgan’s assisted dying motion. In your opinion, what implications does that have for the Bill and its progress? Professor Lewis: A motion was put forward by Julie Morgan that was supported by three o…”

“Q 157 I am keen to hear about the training, education and clinical supervision you have in place for assisted dying. Perhaps I will address that to Dr Fellingham, but I am sure you could all answer. Dr Fellingham: Certainly. The training is very stringently developed, and very rigorously tested. Our management training…”

“Q I have a follow-up question. The Bill introduces a monitoring and review process, including an annual report by the chief medical officer. Do you have any reflections on whether that needs strengthening? Dr Clarke: Yes, I think that in the spirit of transparency and making this as safe as possible, it needs to be sig…”

“Q Dr Clarke, what are the existing statutory guidelines on end-of-life practice? How are those decisions logged, recorded and monitored? Dr Clarke: The fundamental principle is always that, by default, the patient has capacity unless there is clear evidence that they do not. We presume that patients have capacity. As d…”

“To pick up on what we were just discussing, I am going to refer to paragraph 1.25 in the NAO Report, which says, “Since the Government’s 2010 prisons strategy, HMPPS has indefinitely closed 4,151 cells due to dilapidation. This is more than the combined capacity of the two newest prisons in the estate (Five Wells and F…”

“No, you have not misunderstood. Thank you.”

“What assurance can you give us that you have that balance right between maintenance and expansion?”

“My question is to James Bowler. We have already spoken about the state of the local authority audit market, which has been described as sub-optimal, dysfunctional and parlous. What actions have you taken to prevent a reoccurrence of the issues we have seen in that market?”

“Does that mean you will have to do the same again in the near future?”

“Last May, you gave evidence to the Committee referring to a “carrot” of £45 million to address the issues around the declining local authority audit fees. How has that improved audit delivery?”

“Only 49% of children in Buckinghamshire receive their EHCP plan within the statutory limit, which means that more than half are waiting way beyond that time frame. There are hidden impacts to those delays: one family in my constituency faces a three-year waitlist for autism spectrum disorder and ADHD assessments. They …”