Proceeding contribution from Earl Howe (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 11 October 2005. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Children and Adoption Bill [HL].
Children and Adoption Bill [HL]
I should like to emphasise one word in Section 11A(6)(a); that is, ““required””. The Bill seems to suggest that no individual may be forced into these things. The noble Baroness rightly emphasised the voluntary submission to assessment, and I have no quarrel with that, but we are in quite dangerous territory if we say that people may be forced into having medical treatment of any kind. That is a Rubicon which we in this country have never crossed. The current buzzwords are ““patient choice””. To force someone to undergo any form of treatment would be a very radical departure from the rights and traditions that citizens in this country have enjoyed up to now.
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- 2005-06
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- House of Lords Grand Committee
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- Children Adoption Contact orders Absent parents Domestic abuse Family proceedings Protection Parents Parental responsibility
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- Children and Adoption Bill (HL) 2005-06
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