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The perpetrator can claim they had permission.\r\n \r\nI believe this is a loophole because someone dying from dementia or any other illness in hospital wouldn't be able to give permission as they wouldn't have the capacity to say so.\r\n","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":45,"closing_date":"2026-10-16","created_at":"2026-03-14T21:45:59.242Z","updated_at":"2026-05-03T00:25:40.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-04-16T08:12:26.050Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-03-17T11:36:40.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":"Nigel Doble","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"HMT","name":"HM Treasury","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury"}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"Norway","code":"NO","signature_count":1},{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":44}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Brentwood and Ongar","ons_code":"E14001125","mp":"Alex Burghart MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Brigg and Immingham","ons_code":"E14001128","mp":"Martin Vickers MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bristol South","ons_code":"E14001135","mp":"Karin Smyth MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Chorley","ons_code":"E14001170","mp":"Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Crawley","ons_code":"E14001184","mp":"Peter Lamb MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Dagenham and Rainham","ons_code":"E14001189","mp":"Margaret Mullane MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard","ons_code":"E14001206","mp":"Alex Mayer MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Easington","ons_code":"E14001211","mp":"Grahame Morris MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Wiltshire","ons_code":"E14001217","mp":"Danny Kruger MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Exmouth and Exeter East","ons_code":"E14001232","mp":"David Reed MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Guildford","ons_code":"E14001258","mp":"Zöe Franklin MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Halesowen","ons_code":"E14001261","mp":"Alex Ballinger MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Mid Buckinghamshire","ons_code":"E14001360","mp":"Greg Smith MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland","ons_code":"E14001368","mp":"Luke Myer MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Newton Abbot","ons_code":"E14001381","mp":"Martin Wrigley MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor","ons_code":"E14001382","mp":"Alan Strickland MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ossett and Denby Dale","ons_code":"E14001418","mp":"Jade Botterill MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Plymouth Sutton and Devonport","ons_code":"E14001427","mp":"Luke Pollard MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Rochester and Strood","ons_code":"E14001447","mp":"Lauren Edwards MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Solihull West and Shirley","ons_code":"E14001479","mp":"Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"South East Cornwall","ons_code":"E14001486","mp":"Anna Gelderd MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"South West Devon","ons_code":"E14001495","mp":"Rebecca Smith MP","signature_count":3},{"name":"Spen Valley","ons_code":"E14001506","mp":"Kim Leadbeater MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"St Ives","ons_code":"E14001511","mp":"Andrew George MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Swindon South","ons_code":"E14001537","mp":"Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Warrington North","ons_code":"E14001564","mp":"Charlotte Nichols MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Widnes and Halewood","ons_code":"E14001584","mp":"Derek Twigg MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross","ons_code":"S14000069","mp":"Jamie Stone MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Glasgow East","ons_code":"S14000084","mp":"John Grady MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bridgend","ons_code":"W07000086","mp":"Chris Elmore MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Cardiff South and Penarth","ons_code":"W07000091","mp":"Stephen Doughty MP","signature_count":1}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"North East","ons_code":"A","signature_count":3},{"name":"North West","ons_code":"B","signature_count":4},{"name":"Yorkshire and The Humber","ons_code":"D","signature_count":3},{"name":"West Midlands","ons_code":"F","signature_count":3},{"name":"East of England","ons_code":"G","signature_count":2},{"name":"London","ons_code":"H","signature_count":1},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":4},{"name":"South West","ons_code":"K","signature_count":13},{"name":"Wales","ons_code":"L","signature_count":2},{"name":"Scotland","ons_code":"M","signature_count":2}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}