The new House of Lords committee on the Terminally Ill Adults
(End of Life) Bill will take evidence across 5 evidence sessions
on the 29th and 30th October.
The Committee, which will be Chaired by of Craighead, has been appointed
to consider the safeguards and procedures contained in
the Bill.
The Committee will agree its report by the 7th
November and publish it the following week. In its report the
Committee will draw the House's attention to the evidence it has
received but will not make recommendations.
The witnesses giving evidence to the Committee next week
will be:
Wednesday 29 October
10:15am
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Toby Porter CEO at Hospice UK
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Mr Fraser Rickatson Policy Manager at Care
England
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Dr Suzanne Kite President at Association for
Palliative Medicine
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Prof Sam Ahmedzai Emeritus Professor of
Supportive and Palliative Medicine, University of Sheffield
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Prof Katherine Sleeman Laing Galazka Chair in
Palliative Care, King's College London
11:30am
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Prof Martin Vernon The British Geriatrics
Society
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Caroline Abrahams CBE Director at Age UK
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Dr Siobhan O'Dwyer Associate Professor of
Social Care at University of Birmingham
2:15pm
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KC MP, Minister of
State for Courts and Legal Services at Ministry of Justice
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Paul Candler, Policy Director and Bill Lead at
Ministry of Justice
Thursday 30 October
10:15am
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Professor Jane Monckton-Smith OBE Professor of
Public Protection at The University of Gloucestershire
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Dr Sarah Hughes Chief Executive at MIND
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Cherryl Henry-Leach Chief Executive at
Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse
11:30am
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The DBE
Member at House of Lords
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Professor Tom Shakespeare CBA FBA Professor of
Disability Research at London School of Hygiene & Tropical
Medicine
