Amendment 280, in this last group, is my last amendment. It seeks to add to the information that Public Health Scotland would be required to report to the Scottish ministers. In addition to PHS recording the number of people who had sought assisted dying, which could be broken down into characteristics such as the number of people who had made a first declaration but decided not to go through with an assisted death, amendment 280 would require PHS to capture data on those who were too young—that is to say, under 18—who may have made a request.

I absolutely understand Liam McArthur’s position. He was right to say that that would apply to a small number of cases, but it is important that we understand the issue, which I come to from the perspective of someone who wants to ensure the protection of children. The collection of such data would inform the shaping of approaches to palliative care.

In general terms, I share Bob Doris’s view that the more data-collecting provisions we include in the bill, the better, because this is a complex area of policy and legislation, and we must be able to understand how the bill, if it is passed, works in practice and whether it has any unintended consequences.

With that, I draw my remarks to a close.