Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – in the House of Commons at on 20 June 2025.
Amendment made: 91, page 21, line 22, leave out paragraph (a) and insert—
“(a) the person’s full name, date of birth, sex, ethnicity, and last permanent address;
(aa) whether, immediately before death, the person had a disability within the meaning of section 6 of the Equality Act 2010 (other than a disability consisting of the illness or disease which caused the person to be terminally ill within the meaning of this Act);”.—(Kim Leadbeater.)
This amendment expands the duty as regards regulations about final statements so as to provide that certain additional information is included in final statements.
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