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19 Sep 2025, 12:50 p.m. - House of Lords
" I was one of 118 members of the other Place who voted unsuccessfully in favour of the assisted dying bill "
Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Sep 2025, 1:45 p.m. - House of Lords
" The assisted dying bill presents one of the most profound moral and "
Baroness Mobarik (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Sep 2025, 2:02 p.m. - House of Lords
"many colleagues who have already spoken of their deep concerns about this assisted dying Bill, not out of "
Baroness Bray of Coln (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Sep 2025, 2:03 p.m. - House of Lords
"conditions. It is highly likely if this assisted dying bill were to "
Baroness Bray of Coln (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Sep 2025, 2:06 p.m. - House of Lords
"The assisted dying Bill may prove irreparable. It should not have "
Lord Brennan (Non-affiliated) - View Video - View Transcript
12 Sep 2025, 11:26 a.m. - House of Lords
"supported the assisted dying bill previously. I do wish that we did "
Baroness Falkner of Margravine (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
12 Sep 2025, 12:58 p.m. - House of Lords
"was given six months to live 37 years ago. The assisted dying bill "
Lord Polak (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
12 Sep 2025, 1:27 p.m. - House of Lords
"assisted dying bill in 2021, I expressed great concern about hidden "
Lord Gold (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
12 Sep 2025, 3:23 p.m. - House of Lords
"called by supporters assisted dying Bill? Assistance sounds good, dying which comes to us all. Pain relief, "
Baroness Goudie (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Oct 2025, 3:48 p.m. - House of Lords
">> Level of scrutiny. >> The both House of given. >> The assisted dying bill. >> That bill had more. "
Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Oct 2025, 3:48 p.m. - House of Lords
">> Date information is not. take. >> Place through. >> The pills by post ski. >> So if the. >> Assisted dying bill. "
Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Oct 2025, 3:48 p.m. - House of Lords
">> Assisted dying bill. >> Has not been sufficiently. >> Scrutinised. >> As many have suggested, then. >> Clearly the scrutiny of clause. "
Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
14 Nov 2025, 2:46 p.m. - House of Lords
"capacity. And I am content that that should be the approach under the assisted dying bill. "
Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
21 Nov 2025, 11:08 a.m. - House of Lords
"persuade us of the merits of the assisted dying Bill might actually be covered by his own bill. And I "
Baroness Berridge (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
3 Dec 2025, 10:05 p.m. - House of Lords
"we're having at the moment in relation to the assisted dying Bill, these problems of not addressing "
Amendment:136 Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
12 Dec 2025, 1:40 p.m. - House of Lords
"and the information I give. This is the reality of the assisted dying bill. It's the reality of the life "
Amendment:22 Baroness Grey-Thompson (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
18 Dec 2025, 12:25 p.m. - House of Commons
"assisted dying Bill, the terminally ill adults bill. In the other place, "
John Slinger MP (Rugby, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
9 Jan 2026, 11:05 a.m. - House of Lords
"as assisted dying Bill, the Lord Falconer accepted an amendment from the noble Lord Lord Pannick to add "
Lord Harries of Pentregarth (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
9 Jan 2026, 11:40 a.m. - House of Lords
"making. But just two years later, during Committee stage of the Assisted Dying Bill, the the noble "
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (Democratic Unionist Party) - View Video - View Transcript
13 Jan 2026, 12:26 p.m. - House of Commons
"considering the assisted dying bill and they need to see that palliative care MSF before making "
Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP (Daventry, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
15 Jan 2026, 11:58 a.m. - House of Commons
"was taking part in sitting on the Assisted Dying Bill committee. We've seen in the press today. There is now concerns and rumours "
Tom Gordon MP (Harrogate and Knaresborough, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
15 Jan 2026, 10:31 a.m. - House of Commons
" Yeah. >> Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. And it is right that all legislation is scrutinised and the assisted dying bill is no different "
Marsha De Cordova MP (Battersea, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
15 Jan 2026, 10:31 a.m. - House of Commons
"assisted dying bill is no different from that. And I want to commend the bishops in the other place for their diligent work on this bill. "
Marsha De Cordova MP (Battersea, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Jan 2026, 2:27 p.m. - House of Lords
"this case, as to what the limits would be of an assisted dying bill. "
Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jan 2026, 10:23 a.m. - House of Lords
"off the press. Just two days ago, an assisted dying bill for the Channel Island of Jersey passed its "
Lord Birt (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
161 speeches (37,368 words)
Committee stage
Friday 16th January 2026 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) made by the Government, or the legislature in this case, as to what the limits would be of an assisted dying Bill - Link to Speech

Business of the House
103 speeches (10,698 words)
Thursday 15th January 2026 - Commons Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Tom Gordon (LD - Harrogate and Knaresborough) One of the greatest privileges I have had in this place so far was sitting on the assisted dying Bill - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
148 speeches (10,479 words)
Thursday 15th January 2026 - Commons Chamber
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Mentions:
1: Emma Lewell (Lab - South Shields) Friend agree that the assisted dying Bill is dangerous and the other place is right to give it thorough - Link to Speech
2: Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) It is right that all legislation is scrutinised, and the assisted dying Bill is no different. - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
159 speeches (12,263 words)
Tuesday 13th January 2026 - Commons Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Stuart Andrew (Con - Daventry) Their lordships are considering the assisted dying Bill and they need to see the palliative care MSF - Link to Speech

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
157 speeches (34,691 words)
Committee stage
Friday 9th January 2026 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Harries of Pentregarth (XB - Life peer) But I remind my noble friend that at the Second Reading of his Assisted Dying Bill in 2014, the noble - Link to Speech
2: Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (DUP - Life peer) However, just two years later, in Committee on the Assisted Dying Bill, the noble and learned Lord made - Link to Speech

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
47 speeches (7,891 words)
Thursday 8th January 2026 - Lords Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) The assisted dying Bill commands strong views, both in favour and against, and is of huge public interest - Link to Speech

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
184 speeches (39,194 words)
Committee stage
Friday 12th December 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: None I have given cases and information that show the reality of the assisted dying Bill and of the life in - Link to Speech

Sentencing Bill
82 speeches (16,231 words)
Committee stage part two
Wednesday 3rd December 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: None devolution of policing and youth justice, and to the problem we have at the moment with the assisted dying Bill - Link to Speech

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
165 speeches (32,633 words)
Committee stage
Friday 21st November 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Baroness Berridge (Con - Life peer) attempts by the noble and Learned Lord, Lord Falconer, to try to persuade us of the merits of the assisted dying Bill - Link to Speech

Crime and Policing Bill
146 speeches (49,599 words)
2nd reading
Thursday 16th October 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell (Con - Life peer) By way of comparison, consider the level of scrutiny that both Houses have given the assisted dying Bill - Link to Speech

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
166 speeches (48,667 words)
2nd reading
Friday 19th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Lab - Life peer) decrease in suicide rates since it introduced assisted dying.In 2021, at Second Reading of the Assisted Dying Bill - Link to Speech
2: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) We are discussing an assisted dying Bill, not an assisted suicide Bill.Although I believe strongly in - Link to Speech
3: Baroness Mobarik (Con - Life peer) My Lords, the assisted dying Bill presents one of the most profound moral and legal questions of our - Link to Speech
4: Baroness Bray of Coln (Con - Life peer) words to those of many colleagues who have already spoken of their deep concerns about this assisted dying Bill - Link to Speech

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
188 speeches (55,560 words)
2nd reading
Friday 12th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Baroness May of Maidenhead (Con - Life peer) I have a friend who calls it the “Licence to Kill Bill”.This is not an assisted dying Bill but an assisted - Link to Speech
2: Lord Polak (Con - Life peer) duty-bound to protect—and I speak as someone who was given six months to live 37 years ago.The assisted dying Bill - Link to Speech
3: Lord Gold (Con - Life peer) My Lords, when I spoke at Second Reading of the Assisted Dying Bill in 2021, I expressed grave concern - Link to Speech
4: Baroness Goudie (Lab - Life peer) Why is this called by its supporters an assisted dying Bill? It is nothing of the sort. - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Friday 23rd January 2026
Report - 5th Report - Draft Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedule 5) Order 2026

Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: whether they believe the Bill falls within the Parliament’s legislative competence.15 When the Assisted Dying Bill

Wednesday 7th January 2026
Oral Evidence - 2026-01-07 09:30:00+00:00

Health and Social Care Committee

Found: Viewers will understand the delicate context in which we are holding today’s session, namely the assisted dying Bill

Thursday 11th December 2025
Report - Large print - 1st Report - Access to the House of Commons and its Procedures

Modernisation Committee

Found: They do not understand the private Member’s Bill procedure either, as I am finding with the assisted dying Bill

Thursday 11th December 2025
Report - 1st Report - Access to the House of Commons and its Procedures

Modernisation Committee

Found: They do not understand the private Member’s Bill procedure either, as I am finding with the assisted dying Bill

Friday 28th November 2025
Special Report - 3rd Special Report – Expert Panel: Evaluation of Palliative care in England

Health and Social Care Committee

Found: essential topic both in light of, and in spite of, the passage of the Terminally Ill Adults (Assisted Dying) Bill

Tuesday 25th November 2025
Oral Evidence - Dame Julia Unwin

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Found: There will also always be moments in public discourse—I am thinking currently about the assisted dying Bill

Wednesday 5th November 2025
Oral Evidence - University of Otago, Victoria University of Wellington, The Otago School of Medicine, and New Zealand Parliament

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee

Found: suffering from domestic abuse, the concern being that they would be adversely impacted by an assisted dying Bill

Wednesday 5th November 2025
Oral Evidence - Department of Health and Social Care, Department of Health and Social Care, Department of Health and Social Care, and NHS England

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee

Found: the premise of your question, which is that, irrespective of what one’s position is on this assisted dying Bill

Wednesday 5th November 2025
Written Evidence - Greg Lawton
TIA0024 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee

Found: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has been referred to colloquially as “the Assisted Dying Bill

Wednesday 5th November 2025
Oral Evidence - King's College London, The Law Society, HMCTS, Sir Max Hill KC, and Exeter College Oxford

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee

Found: you will be aware that the House of Lords Constitution Committee has done a report on the assisted dying Bill

Wednesday 5th November 2025
Oral Evidence - Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, Greg Lawton, and Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee

Found: We would encourage further consultation with professional bodies on how the assisted dying Bill will

Monday 3rd November 2025
Oral Evidence - Lane Clark & Peacock LLP, and House of Lords

Draft Finance Bill 2025–26 - Finance Bill Sub-Committee

Found: That is perhaps in line with your comment about the assisted dying Bill for someone who is 74.

Monday 3rd November 2025
Oral Evidence - WBR Group Limited, The Investing and Saving Alliance (TISA), Association of Pension Lawyers, and Association of Consulting Actuaries

Draft Finance Bill 2025–26 - Finance Bill Sub-Committee

Found: one day.12 Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted: It is unfortunate that we are dealing with the assisted dying Bill

Thursday 30th October 2025
Written Evidence - British Geriatrics Society
TIA0015 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee

Found: BGS warns that older people have been overlooked in the Assisted Dying Bill debate.

Thursday 30th October 2025
Oral Evidence - House of Lords, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Equality and Human Rights Commission, and The National Down Syndrome Policy Group

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee

Found: That suggests that the assisted dying Bill should not be implemented until high-quality healthcare,

Thursday 30th October 2025
Oral Evidence - The University of Gloucestershire, MIND, and Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee

Found: We do not take a position on whether the assisted dying Bill is right or wrong.

Wednesday 29th October 2025
Oral Evidence - Age UK, University of Birmingham, and BGS Ethics and Law Special Interest Group

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee

Found: understanding is that there are high levels of public support among elderly people for the assisted dying Bill

Thursday 23rd October 2025
Oral Evidence - Royal College of Psychiatrists, and British Association of Social Workers

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee

Found: cases, DoLS assessments and other statutory work, the risk is that, with the timescale of the assisted dying Bill

Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Oral Evidence - Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of General Practitioners, and Royal College of Nursing

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee

Found: the honorary secretary and lead on clinical policy, and have been leading our work on the assisted dying Bill

Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Oral Evidence - House of Lords, and House of Commons

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee

Found: The New Zealand state introduced, after three or four years of its assisted dying Bill, a full report



Written Answers
Euthanasia: Isle of Man
Asked by: Baroness Noakes (Conservative - Life peer)
Tuesday 30th December 2025

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have a role in arranging for Royal Assent to be given to the Isle of Man’s assisted dying bill.

Answered by Baroness Levitt - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The UK Government is currently in the process of reviewing the Isle of Man’s Assisted Dying Bill as part of our constitutional responsibilities towards the Crown Dependencies.

The Lord Chancellor is responsible for making a recommendation as to whether Crown Dependency primary legislation should receive Royal Assent.

Euthanasia: Isle of Man
Asked by: Baroness Noakes (Conservative - Life peer)
Tuesday 30th December 2025

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Ministry of Justice has reviewed the Isle of Man's Assisted Dying Bill and, if not, when it expects to do so.

Answered by Baroness Levitt - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The UK Government is currently in the process of reviewing the Isle of Man’s Assisted Dying Bill as part of our constitutional responsibilities towards the Crown Dependencies.

The Lord Chancellor is responsible for making a recommendation as to whether Crown Dependency primary legislation should receive Royal Assent.



Bill Documents
Sep. 08 2025
32nd Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-26
Select Committee report

Found: In our previous report on an Assisted Dying Bill, we said that the practical operation of the Bill was




Assisted Dying Bill [HL] 2019-21 mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Government Publications
Monday 19th January 2026
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: Correspondence sent or received by the Housing Secretary: FOI release
Document: FOI 202500472618 - Information released - ANNEX B (PDF)

Found: Highlands & Islands) 14 Assisted Dying Bill clause for care right .. Scots.

Friday 9th January 2026
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts: September 2025
Document: Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts: September 2025 (Excel)

Found: InterviewITV Borders - Waiting TimesHealth2025-09-02 00:00:00Meeting / with MPKim Leadbeater MP: UK Assisted Dying Bill

Monday 3rd November 2025
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: Ministerial Diaries relating to internal meetings, parliamentary business and events: FOI release
Document: FOI 202500476129 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: Cabinet Cabinet Meeting Microsoft Teams 19/06/2025 Internal Meeting Meeting: DFM / Mr Hepburn - Assisted Dying Bill

Thursday 23rd October 2025
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Source Page: Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care engagements: FOI release
Document: FOI 202500476128 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: Health PO discussion Microsoft Teams 30/04/2025 Internal Meeting Meeting with officials - Assisted Dying Bill



Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
Palliative care and assisted dying
Thursday 16th October 2025
Palliative care has become a key area of debate during the scrutiny of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. This briefing provides an overview of palliative care in Scotland and provides further information on the relationship between assisted dying and palliative care in other jurisdictions.
View source webpage

Found: SPPC Submission to Parliament on the Assisted Dying Bill.

Definitions of terminal illness in assisted dying legislation
Thursday 25th September 2025
This briefing firstly sets out the definition of terminal illness in the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. It then explores other definitions of terminal illness as set out in existing or proposed legislation in the UK and overseas.
View source webpage

Found: ______5 Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill, Lord Falconer______________________6 Assisted Dying Bill