Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 11:30 am on 8 September 2022.
Baroness Butler-Sloss
Chair, Ecclesiastical Committee, Chair, Ecclesiastical Committee
11:30,
8 September 2022
My Lords, as a family judge I tried a very considerable number of end-of-life cases, in relation to both children and vulnerable adults, so I hope this review will take into account that when the parents and the medical profession are locked in disagreement, there is a way out, where the judge who tries the case actually looks exclusively at the best interests of the child—taking into account, of course, what the parents think and what the doctors and the nurses think. It is crucial to have that ability to go to a family judge, who will deal with these cases sympathetically but firmly.