§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if, in the proposed Mental Incapacity Bill for England and Wales, nutrition and hydration by artificial means will be defined as medication. [99267]
§ Yvette CooperAs outlined in my noble and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor's Policy Statement: "Making Decisions—The Government's proposals for making decisions on behalf of mentally incapacitated adults", we have no plans to enshrine such a definition in statute law.