Speeches by Olney.

“I beg to move amendment 363, in clause 7, page 4, line 7, at end insert— “(ba) is not seeking assistance to end their own life because of an impairment of judgment arising from a mental disorder or other condition,”. This amendment would require that the coordinating doctor is satisfied that a person is not seeking ass…”

“I am grateful for that intervention and, dare I say it, for the one from the right hon. Gentleman. That is the whole point about eating disorders: there is a very fine line to be trod between people who have capacity, people who lack capacity and people who have capacity but who can still be allowed to make an unwise c…”

“We need to consider the possibility that somebody is suffering from a terminal illness as a comorbidity with an eating disorder; they may be suffering from an eating disorder alongside something that can be considered a terminal illness—there are such cases. However, it is not unknown—and Chelsea Roff, an expert on eat…”

“I beg to move amendment 271, in clause 5, page 3, line 5, at end insert— “(1A) A person may not sign a first declaration within six months of being diagnosed with a condition which meets the requirements of section (2)(1)(a) unless they have received a psychosocial intervention in relation to their diagnosis with that …”

“It has been a privilege and an honour to engage with my many Iranian constituents over the years, but I am always filled with horror when they tell me stories not only of what is happening to their family and friends back home in Iran—particularly the oppression still suffered by many women—but of their experiences in …”

“It is a privilege to represent a substantial community of Hongkongers in Richmond Park. I notice from Hansard that I was last here two months ago to ask the Government about renewed reports of repression against Hongkongers in this country, yet here we are again and nothing has been done to reassure my constituents abo…”

“Would the hon. Gentleman not accept that a terminal illness in itself is a risk factor for an increased risk of suicide, and also that that risk is increased in the first six months following the diagnosis? That is the thinking behind the amendment.”

“For clarity, if the amendment specified a psychosocial assessment, would the hon. Gentleman be minded to support it?”

“I will not take up a huge amount of time, because a lot of what I wanted to say has been said in previous sittings, but I return to the issue of people who may request an assisted death who may also be suffering from a mental health condition. Amendment 271 was tabled by the right hon. Member for South West Wiltshire (…”

“I will speak in favour of new clause 4, tabled in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for St Albans (Daisy Cooper). The amendment would require the Government to carry out an impact assessment on the changes that the legislation would introduce for small and medium-sized businesses. Small businesses are the backbone …”

“Can I just intervene? Can you give me an example of what this greater flexibility is and how it will support, in particular, the digital procurement that we are talking about?”

“Cat Little, you were talking at the beginning of the session about the new Procurement Act, which has just come into force, and the difference that it is going to make. Can you expand slightly on how or whether this is going to make digital procurement easier?”

“And engagement with suppliers.”

“And specifically SME suppliers. This is not a purely Government issue, but there are some big players, and that really does squeeze competition. Are there opportunities to be engaging with the SME sector? How do you hope to leverage that?”

“Ms Gibbs, you talked about playbooks earlier. What about the current digital contracting playbook needs to change to make it fitter for purpose? How will the changes that are coming in as a result of the Procurement Act change your playbook to, hopefully, get to some of the outcomes that Mr Forzani is talking about?”

“Mr Knott, is the playbook a primary tool for driving through some of the change that we want to see here?”

“What sort of external expertise will you be seeking to inform the updating of the playbook?”

“So all parts of the industry, presumably, across big tech and SMEs.”

“What I would say in reply to the first part of the hon. Member’s intervention is that there are plenty of opportunities for the person to change their mind—although I might slightly indelicately point out that there will eventually not be a further opportunity; that is the point of what we are trying to do—but that doe…”

“At risk of repeating something said in a previous sitting, does the hon. Gentleman accept that the amendment is not trying to amend the Mental Capacity Act itself, and it is not trying to change how the Mental Capacity Act is used in the majority of situations in which it is already used? All it is trying to say is tha…”