Mary Henry (Independent)

The basis regarding treatment appears to change daily. The Minister of State gave Alzheimer's disease as an example. Nowadays, most people would think that far more should be done for people with Alzheimer's disease than just keeping them warm and feeding them. It was not a very good example. It could be a cost-saving effort not to treat people. I would not like to see that situation arise, particularly as the explanatory memorandum made reference to there being no financial implications. Of course there will be financial implications if we are going to treat people. I do not think the Minister of State's explanation is satisfactory.