Tears, hope and fear as assisted dying bill passed
On Friday, after weeks of fierce and passionate debate, MPs began their formal scrutiny of the bill that would allow ...
Assisted Dying: how MPs voted and what it tells us about ‘cross-party consensus’
The majority of Conservative MPs voted against (an 80/20 split, so a score of 0.60), along with most of the independents who ...
Assisted dying patients could pay to die, suggests Pat McFadden
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster says there is a ‘long way to go’ before a fully-state funded scheme for terminally ill ...
British Parliament Supports Assisted Dying
The bill applies to those who are at least 18 years old, have received a terminal diagnosis and have no more than six months ...
The assisted dying debate has been wholly unsatisfactory so far
Labour MP for Rother Valley, and co-sponsor of the Bill – said the proceedings showed “Parliament at its best”. This is an ...
Shame on Parliament for rushing through this Assisted Dying Bill
The assisted dying debate has been seemingly dominated by supporters of the Bill, which passed its second reading with a ...