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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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5 Feb 2026, 11:49 a.m. - House of Commons "on the actions of a small number of unelected members of the Lords regarding the Assisted Dying Bill, where they are blocking rather than " Paul Davies MP (Colne Valley, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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6 Feb 2026, 10:53 a.m. - House of Lords "use this assisted dying bill to that extent, if we'd given up when " Lord Evans of Rainow (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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6 Feb 2026, 4:14 p.m. - House of Lords "the assisted dying bill as in the " Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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6 Feb 2026, 12:08 p.m. - House of Lords "gently remind people that in this assisted dying bill that the noble " Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
215 speeches (44,951 words) Friday 6th February 2026 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Lord Evans of Rainow (Con - Life peer) The point I am making to the Committee is that if the assisted dying Bill had been used to that extent - Link to Speech 2: Lord Empey (UUP - Life peer) Committee that when we last discussed this subject on 22 October 2021, at the Second Reading of the Assisted Dying Bill - Link to Speech 3: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) That is why I am espousing quite strongly keeping the same test for the assisted dying Bill as in the - Link to Speech |
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
311 speeches (52,735 words) Committee stage Friday 23rd January 2026 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Birt (XB - Life peer) ; there has been a steady stream this century and, hot off the press, just two days ago, an assisted dying Bill - Link to Speech |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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, |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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Intergovernmental activity update Q4 2025
Thursday 29th January 2026 This update gives an overview of intergovernmental activity of relevance to the Scottish Parliament between the Scottish Government and the UK Government, the Welsh Government, and the Northern Ireland Executive during quarter four (October to December) of 2025. View source webpage Found: Assisted Dying Bill The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill is a Member's Bill introduced |
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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. |
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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 |
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Parliamentary Bureau Motions
21 speeches (11,831 words) Wednesday 4th February 2026 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Allan, Alasdair (SNP - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) would be open to this Parliament in the hypothetical scenario where this Parliament passes the assisted dying bill - Link to Speech 2: Mountain, Edward (Con - Highlands and Islands) share my concerns to abstain until the Scottish Government has clarified which parts of the assisted dying bill - Link to Speech |
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Parliamentary Bureau Motions
21 speeches (11,831 words) Wednesday 4th February 2026 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Allan, Alasdair (SNP - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) would be open to this Parliament in the hypothetical scenario where this Parliament passes the assisted dying bill - Link to Speech 2: Mountain, Edward (Con - Highlands and Islands) share my concerns to abstain until the Scottish Government has clarified which parts of the assisted dying bill - Link to Speech |