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

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: 13 June, 20 June, 4 July and 11 July 27 Standing Order No.14(9) 28 Hansard Society, 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 issue a number of times House of Lords 3 In 2003 Lord Joffe introduced his Patient (Assisted Dying) Bill

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

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

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

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: The Assisted Dying Bill (ADB) 5.1 Speech from Tommy Jessop (actor and advocate) on behalf of the National

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

Shakespeare APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: of ‘To be, or not to be’ by poin@ng out its relevance to the then-impending debate on the Assisted Dying Bill

Down Syndrome APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: The Assisted Dying Bill RR relayed concerns from individuals and groups in the community regarding

Found: above legislation and regulation and have already been used to support decision making on 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: November 2024 Annex E: Poverty and Child Poverty Annex F: Ending Conversion Practices Annex G: 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 Health and Social Care

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 Health and Social Care

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.