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On 26 May 2021, Baroness Meacher introduced an Assisted Dying Bill into the House of Lords. The bill was similar to previously read iterations, and did not go beyond a first reading in the House of Lords. [28] Humanists UK welcomed the bill but also criticised it for not addressing the needs of the intolerably suffering who are not terminally ...
Assisted dying bill - latest: Esther Rantzen reacts to ‘extraordinary’ vote as MPs back historic legislation Jabed Ahmed,Holly Bancroft,Millie Cooke and Jane Dalton November 29, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Kim Leadbeater, the MP behind the Bill, has previously said it is likely to be a further two years from a law being passed for an assisted dying service to be in place.
On 29 February 2024, the Health and Social Care Select Committee published a report on assisted dying with chair Steve Brine (Conservative) saying that: "The inquiry on assisted dying and assisted suicide raised the most complex issues that we as a committee have faced, with strong feelings and opinions in the evidence we heard." [5]
Assisted dying would give society a better approach to the end of life, the MP leading a push for a change to the law has said, but opponents warned against bringing in a “state suicide service”.
There was also a Bill proposed in the House of Lords during the 2021/2022 session which reached a second reading in the chamber, while Westminster Hall debates on assisted dying took place in July ...
There was also a Bill proposed in the House of Lords during the 2021/2022 session which reached a second reading in the chamber, while a Westminster Hall debate on assisted dying took place in ...
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s controversial legislation to be published