Found: , not the driver 984 Do not change inheritance tax rules for pensions 865 Vote against the Assisted Dying Bill

Found: For example, if the Assisted Dying Bill were to become law, then it would be vital that it would be

Found: participation are more valuable than others such those who are taking great care over the Assisted Dying Bill

Found: For example, the assisted dying Bill naturally made the influx of emails much higher than it would have

Found: FOI to bodies such as the DVLA, police and Highways Agency, one Peer using FOI around the Assisted Dying Bill

Found: during the current Parliament 451 Summary Throughout the debate on the Terminally Ill Adults (Assisted Dying) Bill

Found: through increased communication and constituency events on high-profile issues (such as the assisted dying bill

Found: that are policy -related or talking about things like what is colloquially referred to as the assisted dying Bill

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Found: When it comes to the Assisted Dying Bill, “this bill in terms of supporting people who might do it due

Found: Committee, 26 June 2025, para 6, page 3 3 Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, Assisted Dying Bill

Found: Additionally, the ongoing controversy surrounding the Assisted Dying Bill, introduced by Labour MP Kim

Found: designed to intimidate the public or a section of the public (for example, supporters the assisted dying bill

Found: I have another private Member’s Bill, which is about to be timed out because of the assisted dying Bill

Found: impacts on older people of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, commonly known as the Assisted Dying Bill

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

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.

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

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.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 16 July [HL8983] about the paybill of the Department for Health and Social Care, why they did not make the provision of high quality palliative care a major priority.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

As set out in the Government’s recently published 10-Year Health Plan, we are determined to shift more care out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families receive personalised care in the most appropriate setting. Palliative care and end of life care services will have a big role to play in that shift and were highlighted in the Plan as being an integral part of neighbourhood teams.

Additionally, I refer the noble Lord to the Written Ministerial Statement (HLWS875) that was made to the House on 22 July 2025, which stated:

“It has been brought to my attention that a written answer given to Lord Scriven contained inaccurate information related to the work of the Department for Health and Social Care.

The reply to written Parliamentary Question HL8983, tabled by Lord Scriven on 30 June 2025, stated that “the Department’s staff numbers have needed to increase to ensure the right skills and capability to deliver several of the Government’s major priorities.” The answer then went on to list a number of areas which have required additional staff resource within the Department. The Assisted Dying Bill has required additional resource but should not have been referred to as a Government priority given the Government’s neutrality on the issue.

For clarity, the answer should read:

“The Department’s total paybill and staffing costs have not risen by £20 million since July 2024; rather, they have risen, but by £2.5 million in that time.

Since the General Election, the Department’s staff numbers have needed to increase to ensure the right skills and capability to deliver several of the Government’s major priorities. During this period, payroll costs have also increased because of annual pay increases.

Given the scale of the challenges facing the health and social care system, as part of the Spending Review, the Department is working on reducing its headcount down to pre-election levels during 2025/26. This is a key step towards a streamlined centre, to support continued prioritisation towards front-line services.”

I would like to apologise for any confusion.”

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 16 July (HL8983), which Minister took the decision to make the "Assisted Dying Bill" a major priority of the Government, when they took that decision and why.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

I refer the noble Lord to the Written Ministerial Statement (HLWS875) which was made to the House on 22 July 2025, which stated:

“It has been brought to my attention that a written answer given to Lord Scriven contained inaccurate information related to the work of the Department for Health and Social Care.

The reply to written Parliamentary Question HL8983, tabled by Lord Scriven on 30 June 2025, stated that “the Department’s staff numbers have needed to increase to ensure the right skills and capability to deliver several of the Government’s major priorities.” The answer then went on to list a number of areas which have required additional staff resource within the Department. The Assisted Dying Bill has required additional resource but should not have been referred to as a Government priority given the Government’s neutrality on the issue.

For clarity, the answer should read:

“The Department’s total paybill and staffing costs have not risen by £20 million since July 2024; rather, they have risen, but by £2.5 million in that time.

Since the General Election, the Department’s staff numbers have needed to increase to ensure the right skills and capability to deliver several of the Government’s major priorities. During this period, payroll costs have also increased because of annual pay increases.

Given the scale of the challenges facing the health and social care system, as part of the Spending Review, the Department is working on reducing its headcount down to pre-election levels during 2025/26. This is a key step towards a streamlined centre, to support continued prioritisation towards front-line services.”

I would like to apologise for any confusion.”

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to the collection DHSC: workforce management information, why the total paybill and staffing costs have increased by more than £20 million since July 2024.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department’s total paybill and staffing costs have not risen by £20 million since July 2024; rather, they have risen, but by £2.5 million in that time.

Since the General Election, the Department’s staff numbers have needed to increase to ensure the right skills and capability to deliver several of the Government’s major priorities. These include the 10-Year Health Plan, the Assisted Dying Bill, ending the longest-running pay dispute with resident doctors, publishing an elective reform plan, and publishing a new NHS Mandate, as well as ensuring we can continue to deliver vital services across the health system. During this period, payroll costs have also increased because of annual pay increases.

Given the scale of the challenges facing the health and social care system, as part of the Spending Review, the Department is working on reducing its headcount down to pre-election levels during 2025/26. This is a key step towards a streamlined centre, to support continued prioritisation towards front-line services.

Found: November 2024, UK Constitutional Law Blog; Horne, A., How strong are the safeguards in the assisted dying bill

Found: 13 June, 20 June, 4 July and 11 July 27 Standing Order No.14(9) 28 Hansard Society, The Assisted Dying Bill

Having suffered from chronic mental health issues since a very young age, which have been treatment resistant and cause significant distress to me for over 40 years, I would like people who are in the same situations as myself to be included as people who could request access to be allowed to die.

Found: Add chronic mental health illness with excessive distress to Assisted Dying bill

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

Found: of publication, the British Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man had approved and passed the Assisted Dying Bill

Found: the issue a number of times House of Lords 3 In 2003 Lord Joffe introduced his Patient (Assisted Dying) Bill

Found: mis Mawrth 2025) 63 Coleg Brenhinol y Seiciatryddion (2024), RCPsych comments on vote for assisted dying Bill

Found: of publication, the British Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man had approved and passed the Assisted Dying Bill

Found: 13 June, 20 June, 4 July and 11 July 27 Standing Order No.14(9) 28 Hansard Society, The Assisted Dying Bill

Found: I note, that while there are various differences between the then New South Wales Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill

Found: knowledge of caring of the sick and dying in making this submission to the Committee examining the Assisted Dying Bill

Found: expressed as to whether privatisation will be increased in order to implement the measures in the Assisted Dying bill

Found: the UK Parliament passes the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill; hereafter called the ‘assisted-dying Bill

Found: that need it each year, and to improve safeguards for the most vulnerable whatever the final assisted dying Bill

Found: Committee Members, Thank you for the invitation to submit evidence regarding the Kim Leadbeater Assisted Dying Bill

Found: opportunity to respond to the call for evidence to inform the committee scrutinising the upcoming Assisted Dying Bill

Found: (TIAB308) The Assisted Dying Bill has certainly aroused complex personal emotions, bio-ethical issues

Found: Written evidence submitted by Dr Wendy Dyke (TIAB302) Summary of professional concerns about the Assisted Dying bill

Found: Tasmanian Legislative Council (Upper House) I introduced the End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill

Found: Our concerns about the assisted dying bill are that it would undermine the current good service provided

Found: As currently drafted the Assisted Dying Bill makes the key arbiter of eligibility a terminal diagnosis

Found: Experience of this influences our anticipation of what will occur with the Assisted Dying Bill.

Access to Justice APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: headlines a number of times, with summer riots, the prisons crisis, and the passing of the Assisted Dying Bill

Access to Justice APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: headlines a number of times, with summer riots, the prisons crisis, and the passing of the Assisted Dying Bill

Down Syndrome APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: Assisted Dying Bill 6.1 Update Meeting with Kim Leadbeater (KL) and Kit Malthouse (i) KL convened

Access to Justice APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: headlines a number of times, with summer riots, the prisons crisis, and the passing of the Assisted Dying Bill

Found: of publication, the British Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man had approved and passed the Assisted Dying Bill

Found: of publication, the British Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man had approved and passed the Assisted Dying Bill

Found: of publication, the British Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man had approved and passed the Assisted Dying Bill

Found: of publication, the British Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man had approved and passed the Assisted Dying Bill

Found: The single reference to capacity in the Assisted Dying Bill [HL] (“capacity” shall be construed in

Found: above legislation and regulation and have already been used to support decision making on the Assisted Dying Bill

Found: Scotland Act Orders this reporting year – including a pivotal Section 30 Order regarding the Assisted Dying Bill

Found: The Principles have been applied to scrutinise draft legislation including the Assisted Dying Bill,

Found: She noted that the Assisted Dying Bill was launched on 28th March, during which Liam McArthur participated

Found: She noted that the Assisted Dying Bill was launched on 28th March, during which Liam McArthur participated

Found: Liam McArthur provided an update on process with the Assisted Dying Bill, noting that it was subject

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

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

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

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

Found: Dear team, I’m hoping to set up a meeting for Shona with Liam McArthur MSP to discuss the Assisted Dying Bill

Found: November 2024 Annex E: Poverty and Child Poverty Annex F: Ending Conversion Practices Annex G: Assisted Dying Bill

Found: exchange heavy fire in major escalation FAI to begin into death of boy who fell down manhole Assisted dying Bill

Question

To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its consideration of any potential assisted dying legislation, what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the possible need for a section 30 order to advance any such legislation in Scotland.

Answered by Gray, Neil - Cabinet Secretary for Justice

The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill is a Member’s Bill, not a Scottish Government Bill.

The UK Government will be aware of the Scottish Government’s view, as set out in the Memorandum submitted to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, that the Bill as introduced is outside the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament and that further processes would have to be gone through in order to bring it within competence. That Memorandum sets out that the issue of what steps will be required to bring the Bill within competence will require to be revisited should the Bill pass the Stage 1 vote.

The memorandum to the Committee can be found on the Scottish Parliament’s website at: Assisted Dying Bill for Terminally Ill Adults SG Memorandum.

Question

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its consideration of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, what its position is on reported concerns that, should the Bill proceed without a section 30 order, it may risk undermining the devolution settlement.

Answered by Gray, Neil - Cabinet Secretary for Justice

As set out in the Memorandum submitted to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee on 30 September 2024, the Scottish Government’s view is that the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, in its current form, is outside the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament and that further processes would have to be gone through in order to bring it within competence.

If the Bill passes at Stage 1, the issue of what steps will be required to bring the Bill within competence will need to be revisited.

The memorandum to the Committee can be found on the Scottish Parliament website at: Assisted Dying Bill for Terminally Ill Adults SG Memorandum.

Found: Either way, the legacy of the assisted dying bill is unlikely to be forgotten any time soon.

Found: Assisted Dying Bill The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill is a Member's Bill introduced

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

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

Found: helpful to reference the need to consider how the suicide strategy considers the role of the assisted dying bill