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It is always a balancing act to ensure quality of life and provide the palliative care required to give the best quality of life. I accept that it is a balancing act and a question of conscience.
The question has been floated in evidence and during discussions of whether civil or criminal penalties or procedures are best. Does the increased size of the penalty make the civil option impossible?
We seek to engage in meetings with ACPOS and COSLA on this tripartite matter to work out what is best for our communities and who is best placed to deal with matters.
We will follow up with written requests any questions that are outstanding at 11. That is the best and fairest way forward for the witnesses and everyone else.
We thought long and hard about how best to approach things. We had to make assumptions, and I think that we were open about where assumptions were made.