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On 13 March, Starmer pledged to give MPs a vote on assisted suicide if Labour won the 2024 general election. [6] On 29 April 2024, MPs debated assisted suicide after a petition on UK Parliament petitions website reached the 100,000 signature threshold. [7] [8] By the time of the debate it had reached over 200,000 signatures.
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”.
Jenny Carruthers, who is terminally ill and a supporter of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) bill, waits in Parliament Square while British lawmakers debate whether to allow assisted dying ...
Lawmakers in Britain gave initial approval to a bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives in England and Wales in a vote in the House of Commons on Friday.
Assisted suicide is the ending of one's own life with the assistance of another. It is currently illegal under the law of the United Kingdom.In England and Wales, the Suicide Act 1961 prohibits "aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the suicide of another" with a penalty of up to 14 years' imprisonment. [1]
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s controversial legislation to be published
Download as PDF; Printable version ... (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide. [6 ... also previously the Chairman at Hartlepool Sixth Form ...
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s bill will be formally introduced to the Commons on Wednesday and debated next month. Assisted dying: What is the law as Westminster prepares for a new bill? Skip to ...