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Adults with Learning Disabilities

I was not going to intervene, but I was not planning to raise this matter when I make a speech. I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman has had the opportunity to ask the Chairman of the Committee whether during the inquiry he contemplated investigating the interrelationship between choice and rights. The hon. Gentleman ably highlighted the difficulty: does having a right necessarily invoke a choice? At what point is it appropriate for the risk and opportunity to be transferred from an individual, in the relevant circumstances, to something that the state must make available and provide through society's methods? If the hon. Gentleman has not had the opportunity to discuss the matter with his hon. Friend, perhaps he would join me in urging him to investigate that as a supplementary inquiry to the original one.