On Friday 29th November, my fellow colleagues and I will debate and vote on the Second Reading of the Assisted Dying (Terminally Ill) Bill. This decision is weighing heavy on all my colleagues in the ...
Introduced by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, the bill proposes legalising assisted dying in England and Wales and has caused open division between Labour MPs. It is set to have its crucial second ...
Home Secretary indicates she will back Bill to change law the day after her husband argues vote should be abandoned Plans to legalise assisted dying have put Yvette Cooper at odds with her husband ...
Human rights organisation Liberty has said that while it supports assisted dying in principle, there are “significant shortcomings” in the Bill set to be debated in Parliament next week.
“The Assisted Dying Bill isn’t party political, but the lack of any consultation or impact assessment risks making it unworkable. “I have real concerns the courts won’t cope and the ...
A newly proposed law could legalise assisted dying for those whose who are terminally ill. The Private Member’s Bill was put forward by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater and if passed would give ...
A newly proposed law could legalise assisted dying for those whose who are terminally ill. The Private Member’s Bill was put forward by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater and if passed would give terminally ill ...
The assisted dying bill risks opening the door to “non-voluntary euthanasia”, the former chief coroner has warned. Ahead of a free vote on assisted dying at the end of the month, Thomas Teague ...
Angela Rayner is set to become the most senior Cabinet minister to vote against legalising assisted dying this month ... has not made her mind up on the Bill, on which MPs have a free vote ...
The Assisted Dying Bill “falls lamentably short” on safeguards and could lead to secret court hearings, a retired High Court judge has warned. In a major intervention, Sir James Munby ...
So when he decided to make an intervention on fellow Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s Assisted Dying Bill this week, he knew that it would make waves. Streeting, who has already said he intends to ...
Kim Leadbeater MP’s Bill is about addressing the complete failure of the ban on assisted dying to offer any meaningful choice or protection to dying people. Right now, terminally ill British ...