A couple of weeks ago, there was a very striking moment as a House of Lords Select Committee heard evidence on the euphemistically named Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
The chief executives of leading charities MIND and Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse, together with a Professor of Public Protection at the University of Gloucestershire, were giving testimony. They were asked a simple question: “Are the safeguards that are being proposed safe for [potential victims of domestic abuse]?” All the witnesses gave a simple, unequivocal “no”.