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We got detailed and helpful information back on the rationale for the approach that is being taken. We felt that we did our best. We were very aware that this was a critical question for the committee and for stakeholders, so we tried to take a broad view.
The Parliament has a strong track record in ensuring that it is not just the best-resourced stakeholders that have an opportunity to engage, so I think that there should be more of the same.
Like the convener, I think that the best way forward for the petition would be for more research to be carried out into things such as rare genetic diseases.
If a doctor is under separate mandatory duties that take away their clinical judgment about what that person’s best interests are, that can put them in an uncomfortable professional position.