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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

May I ask the noble Lord a question? This is not a trick question; I sincerely want to know his opinion from a legal point of view. The Bill refers—and he has said it refers—to a reasonable expectation of death within six months. Normally, and this was a point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, just now—and I have some amendments later which address this specifically—a prognosis given by a doctor in a particular case would be an average of the sort that we call a median. That is, 50% of people in your position will die within six months, but 50% will live longer than six months. Which one are you? Would that 50% constitute for him a reasonable expectation, or would he expect a higher threshold to apply in a case such as this?