Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

A Bill to allow adults who are terminally ill, subject to safeguards and protections, to request and be provided with assistance to end their own life; and for connected purposes.

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Eligibility to be provided with lawful assistance to voluntarily end own life

 
"Assisted dying"

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Clause 1 sets out the circumstances in which assistance can be provided to a person to end their own life.

The person must:

  • be terminally ill (as defined by clause 2);
  • have the necessary capacity to make the decision (which is determined by the existing provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005);
  • be aged 18 or over,
  • be ordinarily resident in England and Wales and has been ordinarily resident there for at least 12 months, and
  • be registered as a patient with a GP practice in England or Wales.

Under the general law, the place where a person is “ordinarily resident” is the place where they reside in the ordinary course of their day to day life.

The assistance must be provided in accordance with clauses 5 to 22. Those clauses, amongst other things, require steps to be take to ensure that the person-

  • has a clear, settled and informed wish to end their own life, and
  • has made the decision that they wish to end their own life voluntarily and has not been coerced or pressured by any other person in making that decision.
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Assisted dying
 
 
(1)
A terminally ill person who—
 
 
(a)
has the capacity to make a decision to end their own life (see section
 
 
3),
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(b)
is aged 18 or over at the time the person makes a first declaration (see
 
 
section 5),
 
 
(c)
is ordinarily resident in England and Wales and has been so resident
 
 
for at least 12 months ending with the date of the first declaration,
 
 
and
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(d)
is registered as a patient with a general medical practice in England
 
 
or Wales,
 
 
may, on request, be provided with assistance to end their own life in
 
 
accordance with sections 5 to 22.
 
 
(2)
Sections 5 to 22, in particular, require steps to be taken to establish that the
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person—
 
 
(a)
has a clear, settled and informed wish to end their own life, and
 
 
(b)
has made the decision that they wish to end their own life voluntarily
 
 
and has not been coerced or pressured by any other person into
 
 
making it.
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"Terminal illness"

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Subsection (1) defines when a person is “terminally ill” for the purposes of the Bill. The person must have an inevitably progressive illness, disease or medical condition that cannot be reversed by treatment. The person must also be expected to die within 6 months.

Subsection (2) makes it clear that a person is not to be regarded as terminally ill by reason of them being mentally ill or having a disability.
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Terminal illness
 
 
(1)
For the purposes of this Act, a person is terminally ill if—
 
 
(a)
the person has an inevitably progressive illness, disease or medical
 
 
condition which cannot be reversed by treatment, and
 

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(b)
the person's death in consequence of that illness, disease or medical
 
 
condition can reasonably be expected within 6 months.
 
 
(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1), treatment which only relieves the symptoms
 
 
of an inevitably progressive illness, disease or medical condition temporarily
 
 
is not to be regarded as treatment which can reverse that illness, disease or
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condition.
 
 
(3)
For the avoidance of doubt, a person is not to be considered to be terminally
 
 
ill by reason only of the person having one or both of—
 
 
(a)
a mental disorder, within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1983;
 
 
(b)
a disability, within the meaning of section 6 of the Equality Act 2010.
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"Capacity"

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Clause 3 provides that the test of whether a person has capacity to make a decision to end their own life is to be determined in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Sections 1 and 2 of that Act establish the principles and criteria for assessing a person's capacity to make decisions.

Section 2 of that Act provides that a person lacks capacity in relation to a particular matter if the person is unable to make a decision for themselves in relation to that matter because of an impairment of, or a disturbance in the functioning of, the mind or brain. Section 3 of that Act defines what it means to lack capacity. Section 3 provides that a person lacks capacity if they are unable to:

  • Understand the information relevant to the decision,
  • Retain that information,
  • Use and weigh that information as part of the decision-making process, or
  • Communicate their decision.
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Capacity
 
 
In this Act, references to a person having capacity are to be read in accordance
 
 
with the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
 

Initial discussions

 
"Initial discussions with registered medical practitioners"

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Subsection (1) makes clear that no doctor is under a duty to raise the subject of the provision of assistance under the Bill with a patient. But that does not prevent a doctor exercising their professional judgement to discuss the matter with a patient (see subsection (2)).

Subsection (3) provides that, where a patient indicates to a doctor that they wish to seek assistance end their own life in accordance with the Bill, the doctor may (but is not required to) discuss the matter with the patient.

If the discussion takes place, subsection (4) provides that it must cover, amongst other things, the available palliative, hospice or other care.

If the doctor is unwilling or unable to conduct the discussion, subsection (5) requires them to refer the patient to another doctor who is willing and able to conduct the discussion.
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Initial discussions with registered medical practitioners
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(1)
No registered medical practitioner is under any duty to raise the subject of
 
 
the provision of assistance in accordance with this Act with a person.
 
 
(2)
But nothing in subsection (1) prevents a registered medical practitioner
 
 
exercising their professional judgement to decide if, and when, it is appropriate
 
 
to discuss the matter with a person.
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(3)
Where a person indicates to a registered medical practitioner their wish to
 
 
seek assistance to end their own life in accordance with this Act, the registered
 
 
medical practitioner may (but is not required to) conduct a preliminary
 
 
discussion about the requirements that need to be met for such assistance to
 
 
be provided.
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(4)
If a registered medical practitioner conducts such a preliminary discussion
 
 
with a person, the practitioner must explain to and discuss with that person—
 
 
(a)
the person’s diagnosis and prognosis;
 
 
(b)
any treatment available and the likely effect of it;
 
 
(c)
any available palliative, hospice or other care, including symptom
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management and psychological support.
 
 
(5)
A registered medical practitioner who is unwilling or unable to conduct the
 
 
preliminary discussion mentioned under subsection (3) must, if requested by
 
 
the person to do so, refer them to another registered medical practitioner
 
 
whom the first practitioner believes is willing and able to conduct that
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discussion.
 

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"Procedure, safeguards and protections"

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Clauses 5 to 15 set out steps that must be taken, and safeguards and protections that operate, when a person decides to seek assistance to end their own life in accordance with the Bill. In summary, assistance can only be provided if:

  • The person has made a first declaration under clause 5;
  • Two registered medical practitioners have carried out assessments of the person to ensure, amongst other things, that the person
    • has a terminal illness,
    • has the capacity to make the decision to end their own life,
    • has a clear, settled and informed wish to end their own life, and
    • has made the decision voluntarily and has not been coerced or pressured by anyone else;
  • There is a period of at least 7 days ("the first period of reflection”) between the first and second assessments;
  • The High Court or Court of Appeal has made a declaration under clause 12;
  • The person has made a second declaration under clause 13;
  • There is a period of at least 14 days ("the second period for reflection") between the court declaration and the person making the second declaration (or if the person is expected to die within one month of the court declaration, a period of at least 48 hours).

Procedure, safeguards and protections

 
"Initial request for assistance: first declaration"

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A person who wishes to be provided with assistance to end their own life must make a declaration under this clause (a "first declaration"). The form of the declaration is set out in Schedule 1. The person must sign the declaration. Where the person is unable to sign, clause 15 enables it to be signed by a proxy.

The declaration must also be witnessed by the coordinating doctor and another independent person.

The coordinating doctor is a registered medical practitioner who meets the requirements set out in subsection (3). In particular, the Secretary of State can set out in regulations the training, qualifications and experience that are required by any coordinating doctor.

Subsection (3) and clause 36 ensure that neither the coordinating doctor nor the independent witness can be a relative of the person seeking the assistance nor can they know or believe that they are a beneficiary under that person's will or may otherwise benefit from the person's death.
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Initial request for assistance: first declaration
 
 
(1)
A person who wishes to be provided with assistance to end their own life in
 
 
accordance with this Act must make a declaration to that effect (a “first
 
 
declaration”).
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(2)
A first declaration must be—
 
 
(a)
in the form set out in Schedule 1,
 
 
(b)
signed and dated by the person making the declaration, and
 
 
(c)
witnessed by—
 
 
(i)
the coordinating doctor in relation to that person, and
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(ii)
another person,
 
 
both of whom must see the declaration being signed.
 
 
(3)
In this Act, “the coordinating doctor" means a registered medical practitioner—
 
 
(a)
who has such training, qualifications and experience as the Secretary
 
 
of State may specify by regulations,
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(b)
who has indicated to the person making the declaration that they are
 
 
able and willing to carry out the functions under this Act of the
 
 
coordinating doctor in relation to the person,
 
 
(c)
who is not a relative of the person making the declaration, and
 
 
(d)
who does not know or believe that they—
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(i)
are a beneficiary under a will of the person, or
 
 
(ii)
may otherwise benefit financially or in any other material way
 
 
from the death of the person.
 
 
(4)
Before making regulations under subsection (3)(a), the Secretary of State must
 
 
consult such persons as they consider appropriate.
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(5)
A person may not witness a first declaration under subsection (2)(c)(ii) if they
 
 
are disqualified under section 36 from being a witness.
 
 
(6)
Regulations under subsection (3)(a) are subject to the negative procedure.
 
"Requirement for proof of identity"

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This clause requires a person making a first declaration under clause 5 to provide both the coordinating doctor and the independent witness with two forms of proof of identity. The Secretary of State can set out in regulations what forms of proof of identity can be used.
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Requirement for proof of identity
 
 
(1)
This section applies where a person makes a first declaration.
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(2)
The person must, at the same time as that declaration is made, provide two
 
 
forms of proof of identity to the coordinating doctor and the witness
 
 
mentioned in section 5(2)(c)(ii).
 
 
(3)
The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision about the forms
 
 
of proof of identity that are acceptable for the purposes of subsection (2).
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(4)
Regulations under subsection (3) are subject to the negative procedure.
 

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"First doctor’s assessment (coordinating doctor)"

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Where a first declaration is made by a person, the coordinating doctor who witnessed the first declaration must carry out an assessment of the person. The purpose of the assessment is to establish whether the person:

  • Is terminally ill;
  • Has capacity to make the decision to end their own life;
  • Is aged 18 or over;
  • Is ordinarily resident;
  • Is registered with a GP practice;
  • Has a clear, settled and informed with to end their own life; and
  • Made the first declaration under clause 5 voluntarily and has not been coerced or pressured by another person into making it.

If the coordinating doctor is satisfied that all those requirements are met, they must make a statement in the form set out in Schedule 2. They must also refer the person for a second assessment by another registered medical practitioner (referred to in the Bill as "the independent doctor").

Clause 9 makes further provision about first assessments.
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First doctor’s assessment (coordinating doctor)
 
 
(1)
The coordinating doctor must, as soon as reasonably practicable after a first
 
 
declaration is made by a person, carry out the first assessment.
 
 
(2)
“The first assessment” is an assessment to ascertain whether, in the opinion
 
 
of the coordinating doctor, the person—
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(a)
is terminally ill,
 
 
(b)
has capacity to make the decision to end their own life,
 
 
(c)
was aged 18 or over at the time the first declaration was made,
 
 
(d)
is ordinarily resident in England and Wales and has been so resident
 
 
for at least 12 months ending with the date of the first declaration,
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(e)
is registered as a patient with a general medical practice in England
 
 
or Wales,
 
 
(f)
has a clear, settled and informed wish to end their own life, and
 
 
(g)
made the first declaration voluntarily and has not been coerced or
 
 
pressured by any other person into making it.
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(3)
If, having carried out the first assessment, the coordinating doctor is satisfied
 
 
that the requirements of subsection (2)(a) to (g) are satisfied, the coordinating
 
 
doctor must—
 
 
(a)
make a statement to that effect in the form set out in Schedule 2, and
 
 
sign and date it,
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(b)
provide the person who was assessed with a copy of the statement,
 
 
and
 
 
(c)
refer that person, as soon as practicable, to another registered medical
 
 
practitioner who meets the requirements of section 8(6) and is able
 
 
and willing to carry out the second assessment (“the independent
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doctor”).
 
"Second doctor’s assessment (independent doctor)"

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This clause applies where the coordinating doctor refers the person under clause 7(3)(c) for a second assessment by the independent doctor. The purpose of the second assessment of the person carried out by the independent doctor is to establish whether the person:

  • Is terminally ill;
  • Has capacity to make the decision to end their own life;
  • Is aged 18 or over;
  • Has a clear, settled and informed with to end their own life; and
  • Made the first declaration under clause 5 voluntarily and has not been coerced or pressured by another person into making it.

The second assessment must take place after "the first period for reflection". This period begins with the day the coordinating doctor makes their statement under clause 7 and lasts for 7 days.

The independent doctor must carry out the second assessment independently of the coordinating doctor.

If the independent doctor is satisfied that all the requirements are met, they must make a statement in the form set out in Schedule 3.

A registered medical practitioner can only act as the independent doctor if they meet the requirements set out in subsection (6). In particular, the Secretary of State may set out in regulations the training, qualifications and experience which the practitioner must have. To ensure independence, the practitioner must not have provided the person with treatment or care in relation to their terminal illness and must not be in the same medical practice or clinical team as the coordinating doctor. The independent doctor must also not know or believe that they are a beneficiary under the person's will or may otherwise benefit from that person's death.

Clause 9 makes further provision about second assessments.
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Second doctor’s assessment (independent doctor)
 
 
(1)
Where a referral is made under section 7(3)(c), the independent doctor must
 
 
carry out the second assessment of the person as soon as reasonably practicable
 
 
after the first period for reflection has ended.
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(2)
“The second assessment” is an assessment to ascertain whether, in the opinion
 
 
of the independent doctor, the person who made the first declaration—
 
 
(a)
is terminally ill,
 
 
(b)
has capacity to make the decision to end their own life,
 
 
(c)
was aged 18 years or over at the time the first declaration was made,
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(d)
has a clear, settled and informed wish to end their own life, and
 
 
(e)
made the first declaration voluntarily and has not been coerced or
 
 
pressured by any other person into making it.
 
 
(3)
In subsection (1) “the first period for reflection” means the period of 7 days
 
 
beginning with the day the coordinating doctor made the statement under
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section 7(3).
 

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(4)
The independent doctor must carry out the second assessment independently
 
 
of the coordinating doctor (subject to section 9(4) (sharing of specialists’
 
 
opinions)).
 
 
(5)
If, having carried out the second assessment, the independent doctor is
 
 
satisfied as to the matters mentioned in subsection (2)(a) to (e), the independent
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doctor—
 
 
(a)
must make a statement to that effect in the form set out in Schedule
 
 
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(b)
provide each of the coordinating doctor and the person who was
 
 
assessed with a copy of the statement.
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(6)
A registered medical practitioner may carry out the functions of the
 
 
independent doctor under this Act only if that practitioner—
 
 
(a)
has such training, qualifications and experience as the Secretary of
 
 
State may by regulations specify,
 
 
(b)
has not provided treatment or care for the person being assessed in
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relation to that person’s terminal illness,
 
 
(c)
is not a relative of the person being assessed,
 
 
(d)
is not a partner or colleague in the same practice or clinical team as
 
 
the coordinating doctor,
 
 
(e)
did not witness the first declaration made by the person being assessed,
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and
 
 
(f)
does not know or believe that they—
 
 
(i)
are a beneficiary under a will of the person, or
 
 
(ii)
may otherwise benefit financially or in any other material way
 
 
from the death of the person.
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(7)
In subsection (6)(b) the reference to “terminal illness” means the illness, disease
 
 
or medical condition mentioned in section 2(1)(a).
 
 
(8)
Before making regulations under subsection (6)(a), the Secretary of State must
 
 
consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
 
 
(9)
Regulations under subsection (6)(a) are subject to the negative procedure.
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"Doctors’ assessments: further provision"

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This clause makes provision about the assessment by the coordinating doctor under clause 7 and the assessment by the independent doctor under clause 8.

In particular, subsection (2) sets out things the doctor carrying out the assessment must do. These include a requirement to explain to and discuss with the person the possible treatments, the palliative, hospice and other care available and the nature of the substance that might be provided to assist the person to end their own life (including how it will bring about death). The doctor must also explain the further steps that would need to be taken if the person wished to be provided with assistance to end their own life and that those steps may be cancelled by the person at any time. The doctor is also to advise the person to inform their GP and, so far as the doctor considers it appropriate, advise the person to discuss the request with their next of kin and other people they are close to.

If the doctor carrying out the assessment has a doubt as to whether the person being assessed is terminally ill, the doctor must obtain an opinion from a specialist in the illness, disease or condition in question. If the doctor carrying out the assessment has doubt as to the capacity of the person being assessed, they may refer the person for assessment by a psychiatrist or other suitably qualified person but are not required to do so. This is because there may be circumstances in which the doctor making the assessment does not require a specialist opinion to determine that the person does not have the necessary capacity.
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Doctors’ assessments: further provision
 
 
(1)
In this section “assessing doctor” means—
 
 
(a)
the coordinating doctor carrying out the first assessment;
 
 
(b)
the independent doctor carrying out the second assessment.
 
 
(2)
The assessing doctor must—
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(a)
examine the person and their medical records and make such other
 
 
enquiries as the assessing doctor considers appropriate;
 
 
(b)
explain to and discuss with the person being assessed—
 
 
(i)
the person’s diagnosis and prognosis;
 
 
(ii)
any treatment available and the likely effect of it;
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(iii)
any available palliative, hospice or other care, including
 
 
symptom management and psychological support;
 

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(iv)
the nature of the substance that might be provided to assist
 
 
the person to end their own life (including how it will bring
 
 
about death);
 
 
(c)
discuss with the person their wishes in the event of complications
 
 
arising in connection with the self-administration of an approved
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substance under section 18;
 
 
(d)
inform the person—
 
 
(i)
of the further steps that must be taken before assistance can
 
 
be provided to the person to end their own life in accordance
 
 
with this Act;
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(ii)
that the person may decide at any time not to take any of those
 
 
steps (and of how to cancel the first declaration and any of
 
 
those further steps);
 
 
(e)
advise the person to inform a registered medical practitioner from the
 
 
person’s GP practice that the person is requesting assistance to end
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their own life (unless the assessing doctor is themselves a practitioner
 
 
from that practice);
 
 
(f)
in so far as the assessing doctor considers it appropriate, advise the
 
 
person to consider discussing the request with their next of kin and
 
 
other persons they are close to.
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(3)
To inform their assessment, the assessing doctor—
 
 
(a)
must, if they have doubt as to whether the person being assessed is
 
 
terminally ill, refer the person for assessment by a registered medical
 
 
practitioner who holds qualifications in or has experience of the
 
 
diagnosis and management of the illness, disease or condition in
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question;
 
 
(b)
may, if they have doubt as to the capacity of the person being assessed,
 
 
refer the person for assessment by a registered medical practitioner
 
 
who is registered in the specialism of psychiatry in the Specialist
 
 
Register kept by the General Medical Council or who otherwise holds
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qualifications in or has experience of the assessment of capability;
 
 
(c)
must, if they make a referral under paragraph (a) or (b), take account
 
 
of any opinion provided by that other registered medical practitioner.
 
 
(4)
An opinion provided to one assessing doctor under subsection (3)(a) or (b)
 
 
must be shared with the other assessing doctor.
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(5)
Where the independent doctor is required to obtain an opinion under
 
 
subsection (3)(a)—
 
 
(a)
that duty may be discharged by an opinion obtained under that
 
 
provision by the coordinating doctor, or
 
 
(b)
the independent doctor may make their own referral under that
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provision.
 
"Another independent doctor: second opinion"

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If the independent doctor carries out the second assessment of the person and is not satisfied of the matters set out in clause 8(2), this clause enables the person to request a second opinion from another independent doctor. The provisions of clauses 8 and 9 also apply to this assessment.

Subsection (3) provides that only one referral for a second opinion can be made under this clause.
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Another independent doctor: second opinion
 
 
(1)
If, following the second assessment, the independent doctor refuses to make
 
 
the statement mentioned in section 8(5), the coordinating doctor may, if
 
 
requested to do so by the person who made the first declaration, refer that
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person to a different registered medical practitioner who meets the
 
 
requirements of section 8(6) and is able and willing to carry out a further
 
 
assessment of the kind mentioned in section 8(2).
 
 
(2)
Where a referral is made to a registered medical practitioner under subsection
 
 
(1), that referral is treated as a referral under section 7(3)(c), the practitioner
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becomes the independent doctor (replacing the registered medical practitioner
 
 
to whom a referral was originally made) and sections 8 and 9 apply
 
 
accordingly.
 
 
(3)
In consequence of a particular first declaration made by a person, the
 
 
coordinating doctor may make only one referral for a second opinion under
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subsection (1).
 
"Replacing the coordinating doctor on death etc"

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The coordinating doctor who witnesses the first declaration under clause 5 has a variety of functions under the Bill. This clause enables the Secretary of State to make regulations providing for cases where the original coordinating doctor becomes unable or unwilling to continue to carry out these functions part way through the process. This will ensure continuity of care for the person who made the first declaration.

Equivalent provision is not needed for the independent doctor, as their functions are confined to the second assessment under clause 8. If they become unable or unwilling to continue to act before the second assessment is completed, a new referral could be made to an independent doctor for a second assessment.
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Replacing the coordinating doctor on death etc
 
 
(1)
The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision about cases where,
 
 
after a first declaration has been witnessed by the coordinating doctor, that
 
 
doctor dies or through illness or otherwise is unable or unwilling to continue
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to carry out the functions of the coordinating doctor.
 
 
(2)
Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular, make provision—
 
 
(a)
relating to the appointment, with the agreement of the person who
 
 
made the declaration, of a replacement coordinating doctor who meets
 
 
the requirements of section 5(3) and is able and willing to carry out
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the functions of the coordinating doctor;
 
 
(b)
to ensure continuity of care for that person despite the change in the
 
 
coordinating doctor.
 
 
(3)
Regulations under subsection (1) are subject to the negative procedure.
 
"Court approval"

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This clause applies where a person has made a first declaration (and it has not been cancelled), the coordinating doctor has made the statement in Schedule 2 and the independent doctor has made the statement in Schedule 3.

The person may apply to the High Court for a declaration that the requirements of the Bill have been met in relation to the first declaration.

The High Court must make the declaration if, and only if, it is satisfied that-

  • (a) the requirements of sections 5 to 9 have been met;
  • (b) the person is terminally ill;
  • (c) the person has capacity to make the decision to end their own life;
  • (d) the person is aged 18 or over;
  • (e) the person is ordinarily resident;
  • (f) the person is registered with a GP practice in England or Wales;
  • (g) the person has a clear, settled and informed wish to end their own life; and
  • (h) the person made the first declaration voluntarily and has not been coerced or pressured by any other person into making it.

The court may hear from and question the person, and must hear from the coordinating doctor or the independent doctor (or both). For the purposes of determining if it is satisfied that the person has a clear, settled and informed wish to end their own life and that they have made the first declaration and court application voluntarily and have not been coerced or pressured, the court may also hear from and question any other person or ask a person to report to the court on any relevant matter.

If the High Court refuses to make the declaration, the person can appeal to the Court of the Appeal. The Court of Appeal can confirm the decision of the High Court or make the declaration. There is no appeal against a decision of the High Court to make the declaration.
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Court approval
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(1)
Where—
 
 
(a)
a person has made a first declaration under section 5 which has not
 
 
been cancelled,
 
 
(b)
the coordinating doctor has made the statement mentioned in section
 
 
7(3), and
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(c)
the independent doctor has made the statement mentioned in section
 
 
8(5),
 
 
that person may apply to the High Court for a declaration that the
 
 
requirements of this Act have been met in relation to the first declaration.
 
 
(2)
On an application under this section, the High Court—
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(a)
must make the declaration if it is satisfied of all the matters listed in
 
 
subsection (3), and
 
 
(b)
in any other case, must refuse to make the declaration.
 
 
(3)
The matters referred to in subsection (2)(a) are that—
 
 
(a)
the requirements of sections 5 to 9 have been met in relation to the
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person who made the application,
 

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(b)
the person is terminally ill,
 
 
(c)
the person has capacity to make the decision to end their own life,
 
 
(d)
the person was aged 18 or over at the time the first declaration was
 
 
made,
 
 
(e)
the person is ordinarily resident in England and Wales and has been
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so resident for at least 12 months ending with the date of the first
 
 
declaration,
 
 
(f)
the person is registered as a patient with a general medical practice
 
 
in England or Wales,
 
 
(g)
the person has a clear, settled and informed wish to end their own
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life, and
 
 
(h)
the person made the first declaration and the application under this
 
 
section voluntarily and has not been coerced or pressured by any other
 
 
person into making that declaration or application.
 
 
(4)
Subject to the following provisions of this section and to any provision made
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by Rules of Court, the High Court may follow such procedure as it deems
 
 
appropriate for each application under this section.
 
 
(5)
The High Court—
 
 
(a)
may hear from and question, in person, the person who made the
 
 
application for the declaration;
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(b)
must hear from and may question, in person, the coordinating doctor
 
 
or the independent doctor (or both);
 
 
(c)
for the purposes of paragraph (b), may require the coordinating doctor
 
 
or the independent doctor (or both) to appear before the court.
 
 
(6)
For the purposes of determining whether it is satisfied of the matters
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mentioned in subsection (3)(g) and (h), the High Court may also—
 
 
(a)
hear from and question any other person;
 
 
(b)
ask a person to report to the court on such matters relating to the
 
 
person who has applied for the declaration as it considers appropriate.
 
 
(7)
In subsection (5)—
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(a)
in paragraph (a), the reference to the person who made the application
 
 
includes, in a case where the person’s first declaration was signed by
 
 
a proxy under section 15, that proxy, and
 
 
(b)
“in person” includes by means of a live video link or a live audio link.
 
 
(8)
Where, on an application made by a person under this section, the High Court
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refuses to make the declaration, that person may appeal to the Court of Appeal
 
 
against that decision.
 
 
(9)
The Court of Appeal must—
 
 
(a)
if it is satisfied of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (h) of
 
 
subsection (3), make a declaration that the requirements of this Act
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have been met in relation to the first declaration, and
 
 
(b)
in any other case, confirm the High Court’s decision.
 
 
(10)
Subsections (4) to (7) apply in relation to the Court of Appeal as they apply
 
 
in relation to the High Court.
 

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(11)
No appeal lies from a decision of the High Court to make a declaration under
 
 
this section.
 
"Confirmation of request for assistance: second declaration"

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Where a person who wishes to be provided with assistance to end their own life has obtained a court declaration under clause 12, they may then make a further declaration under this clause ("the second declaration"). But the second declaration cannot be made until “the second period for reflection" has ended. The second period for reflection begins on the day the court declaration is made and last for 14 days. But, if the coordinating doctor is of the opinion that the person is likely to die within one month of the court declaration, the period for reflection is reduced to 48 hours.

The second declaration must be in the form set out in Schedule 4. It must be witnessed by the coordinating doctor and by an independent witness. The coordinating doctor may only witness the second declaration if they are still satisfied that the person making the declaration-

  • is terminally ill,
  • has the capacity to make the decision to end their own life,
  • has a clear, settled and informed wish to end their own life, and
  • is making the declaration voluntarily and has not been coerced or pressured by any other person into making it.

The coordinating doctor must sign a statement in the form set out in Schedule 5 confirming all those things and that must be witnessed by the same independent witness as witnessed the second declaration. Neither the coordinating doctor (see clause 5(3)) nor the independent witness (see clause 34) may be a relative of the person signing the second declaration, and neither must know or believe they are a beneficiary under their will or may otherwise benefit from that person's death.
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Confirmation of request for assistance: second declaration
 
 
(1)
Where—
 
 
(a)
the High Court or Court of Appeal has made a declaration in respect
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of a person under section 12, and
 
 
(b)
the second period for reflection has come to an end,
 
 
if the person wishes to be provided with assistance to end their own life in
 
 
accordance with this Act, the person must make a further declaration to that
 
 
effect (the “second declaration”).
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(2)
In subsection (1) “the second period for reflection” means—
 
 
(a)
the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the declaration
 
 
was made by the High Court or, as the case may be, Court of Appeal,
 
 
or
 
 
(b)
where the coordinating doctor reasonably believes that the person’s
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death is likely to occur before the end of the period of one month
 
 
beginning with the day that declaration was made, the period of 48
 
 
hours beginning with that day.
 
 
(3)
A second declaration must be—
 
 
(a)
in the form set out in Schedule 4,
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(b)
signed and dated by the person making the declaration,
 
 
(c)
witnessed by—
 
 
(i)
the coordinating doctor, and
 
 
(ii)
a person other than the coordinating doctor or the independent
 
 
doctor,
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both of whom must see the declaration being signed.
 
 
(4)
The coordinating doctor may witness a second declaration only if, at the time
 
 
the second declaration is made, the coordinating doctor is still satisfied that
 
 
the person making the declaration—
 
 
(a)
is terminally ill,
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(b)
has the capacity to make the decision to end their own life,
 
 
(c)
has a clear, settled and informed wish to end their own life, and
 
 
(d)
is making the declaration voluntarily and has not been coerced or
 
 
pressured by any other person into making it.
 
 
(5)
If the coordinating doctor is so satisfied, they must make a statement to that
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effect.
 
 
(6)
The statement under subsection (5) must be—
 
 
(a)
in the form set out in Schedule 5,
 
 
(b)
signed and dated by the coordinating doctor, and
 
 
(c)
witnessed by the same person who witnessed the second declaration
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under subsection (3)(c)(ii).
 

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(7)
A person may not witness a declaration under subsection (3)(c)(ii) if they are
 
 
disqualified under section 36 from being a witness.
 
"Cancellation of declarations"

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This clause enables a person who has made a first or second declaration to cancel the declaration by giving notice to the coordinating doctor or to a doctor at their GP's practice. Notice may be given orally or in writing, or the cancellation indicated by a means of communication known to be used by the person concerned. A cancellation takes effect as soon as the notice or indication is given, and no further steps are then taken in reliance on the declaration.
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Cancellation of declarations
 
 
(1)
A person who has made a first declaration or a second declaration may cancel
 
 
it by giving oral or written notice of the cancellation (or otherwise indicating
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their decision to cancel in a manner of communication known to be used by
 
 
the person) to—
 
 
(a)
the coordinating doctor, or
 
 
(b)
any registered medical practitioner from the person’s GP practice.
 
 
(2)
Where notice or an indication is given to a registered medical practitioner
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under subsection (1)(b), the practitioner must, as soon as practicable, notify
 
 
the coordinating doctor of the cancellation.
 
 
(3)
A cancellation under subsection (1) has effect from the time the notice or
 
 
indication is given.
 
 
(4)
From the time a first declaration is cancelled, any duty or power of the
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coordinating doctor or the independent doctor under sections 7 to 9
 
 
(assessments, statements and referrals) that arose in consequence of that
 
 
declaration ceases to have effect.
 
"Signing by proxy"

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This clause makes provision for cases where the person intending to make a first declaration or a second declaration is unable to sign their own name. They can authorise another person to sign the declaration on their behalf. That other person may be someone they have known personally for at least 2 years or someone they consider to be of good standing in the community.

Clause 36 provides that a proxy:

  • must be aged 18 or over,
  • must not be a relative of the person making the declaration, and
  • must not know or believe that they are a beneficiary under that person's will or may otherwise benefit from the death of the person.
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Signing by proxy
 
 
(1)
This section applies where a person intending to make a first declaration or
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a second declaration—
 
 
(a)
declares to a proxy that they are unable to sign their own name (by
 
 
reason of physical impairment, being unable to read or for any other
 
 
reason), and
 
 
(b)
authorises the proxy to sign the declaration on their behalf.
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(2)
A declaration signed by a proxy—
 
 
(a)
in the presence of the person, and
 
 
(b)
in accordance with subsection (3),
 
 
has the same effect as if signed by the person themselves.
 
 
(3)
Where a proxy signs a declaration, the proxy is to add, after their signature—
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(a)
their full name and address,
 
 
(b)
the capacity in which they qualify as a proxy, and
 
 
(c)
a statement that they have signed in that capacity as a proxy.
 
 
(4)
A proxy may not sign a declaration—
 
 
(a)
unless satisfied that the person understands the nature and effect of
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the making of the declaration,
 
 
(b)
if disqualified under section 36 from being a proxy, or
 
 
(c)
if it is a second declaration and the proxy signed the first declaration
 
 
as a witness.
 
 
(5)
In this section “proxy” means—
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(a)
a person who has known the person making the declaration personally
 
 
for at least 2 years, or
 
 
(b)
a person who is of good standing in the community.
 

Information in medical records

 
"Recording of declarations and statements etc"

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This clause provides for the making of declarations and statements made under the Bill to be recorded in the person's medical records. The original statement or declaration is to be included as part of that record.
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Recording of declarations and statements etc
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(1)
This section applies where—
 
 
(a)
a first declaration is made by a person;
 
 
(b)
a statement is made under section 7(3), or the coordinating doctor
 
 
refuses to make such a statement, in relation to a person;
 
 
(c)
a statement is made under section 8(5), or the independent doctor
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refuses to make such a statement, in relation to a person;
 
 
(d)
the High Court or Court of Appeal has made a declaration under
 
 
section 12 in relation to a person or has refused to make such a
 
 
declaration;
 
 
(e)
a second declaration is made by a person;
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(f)
a statement is made under section 13(5), or the coordinating doctor
 
 
refuses to make such a statement, in relation to a person.
 
 
(2)
Where the coordinating doctor is a practitioner with the person’s GP practice,
 
 
the coordinating doctor must, as soon as practicable, record the making of
 
 
the declaration or statement, or, as the case may be, the refusal to make the
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declaration or statement, in the person’s medical records.
 
 
(3)
In any other case—
 
 
(a)
the coordinating doctor must, as soon as practicable, give a registered
 
 
medical practitioner with that practice notice of the making of the
 
 
declaration or statement or, as the case may be, the refusal to make
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the declaration or statement, and
 
 
(b)
that practitioner must, as soon as practicable, record the making of
 
 
the declaration or statement or the refusal to make the declaration or
 
 
statement in the person’s medical records.
 
 
(4)
A record made under subsection (2) or (3) of a statement or declaration within
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subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (e) or (f) must include the original statement or
 
 
declaration.
 
"Recording of cancellations"

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This clause provides for a cancellation of a first or second declaration to be recorded in the person's medical records.
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Recording of cancellations
 
 
(1)
This section applies where a person cancels a first declaration or a second
 
 
declaration under section 14.
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(2)
If the notice or indication under that section is given to a registered medical
 
 
practitioner at the person’s GP practice, that practitioner must, as soon as
 
 
practicable, record the cancellation in the person’s medical records.
 
 
(3)
In any other case—
 

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(a)
the registered medical practitioner to whom notice or indication of
 
 
the cancellation is given must, as soon as practicable, notify a registered
 
 
medical practitioner with that practice of the cancellation, and
 
 
(b)
the practitioner notified under paragraph (a) must, as soon as
 
 
practicable, record the cancellation in the person’s medical records.
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Provision of assistance to end life

 
"Provision of assistance"

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This clause applies where the High Court or Court of Appeal has made a declaration under clause 12, the second period for reflection (see clause 13) has ended and the person has made a second declaration (which has not been cancelled). It governs the provision of assistance in the form of an approved substance (see clause 21) with which the person may end their own life.

Subsection (3) provides that the approved substance must be provided directly, and in person, by the coordinating doctor.

Subsection (4) provides that at the time the approved substance is provided the coordinating doctor must be satisfied that the person:

  • has capacity to make the decision to end their own life,
  • has a clear, settled and informed wish to end their own life, and
  • is requesting provision of that assistance voluntarily and has not been coerced or pressured by any other person into doing so.

Subsection (6) provides the coordinating doctor may:

  • prepare that substance for self-administration by that person,
  • prepare a medical device which will enable that person to self-administer the substance, and
  • assist that person to ingest or otherwise self-administer the substance.

But subsections (7) and (8) make clear that the decision to self-administer the approved substance and the final act of doing so must be taken by the person themselves not by the coordinating doctor. Subsection (6) does not authorise the coordinating doctor to administer an approved substance to another person with the intention of causing that person's death.

Subsections (9) and (10) provide that the coordinating doctor must remain with the person after the approved substance has been provided, although they need not be in the same room.

Subsection (11) ensures that if the person decides not to take the approved substance it is removed by the coordinating doctor.
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Provision of assistance
 
 
(1)
This section applies where—
 
 
(a)
the High Court or Court of Appeal has made a declaration in respect
 
 
of a person under section 12,
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(b)
the second period for reflection (within the meaning of section 13(2))
 
 
has ended,
 
 
(c)
that person has made a second declaration which has not been
 
 
cancelled, and
 
 
(d)
the coordinating doctor has made the statement under section 13(5).
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(2)
The coordinating doctor may, in accordance with this section, provide that
 
 
person with an approved substance (see section 20) with which the person
 
 
may end their own life.
 
 
(3)
The approved substance must be provided directly and in person by the
 
 
coordinating doctor to that person.
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(4)
The coordinating doctor must be satisfied, at the time the approved substance
 
 
is provided, that the person to whom it is provided—
 
 
(a)
has capacity to make the decision to end their own life,
 
 
(b)
has a clear, settled and informed wish to end their own life, and
 
 
(c)
is requesting provision of that assistance voluntarily and has not been
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coerced or pressured by any other person into doing so.
 
 
(5)
The coordinating doctor may be accompanied by such other health
 
 
professionals as the coordinating doctor thinks necessary.
 
 
(6)
In respect of an approved substance which is provided to the person under
 
 
subsection (2), the coordinating doctor may—
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(a)
prepare that substance for self-administration by that person,
 
 
(b)
prepare a medical device which will enable that person to
 
 
self-administer the substance, and
 
 
(c)
assist that person to ingest or otherwise self-administer the substance.
 
 
(7)
But the decision to self-administer the approved substance and the final act
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of doing so must be taken by the person to whom the substance has been
 
 
provided.
 
 
(8)
Subsection (6) does not authorise the coordinating doctor to administer an
 
 
approved substance to another person with the intention of causing that
 
 
person’s death.
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(9)
The coordinating doctor must remain with the person until—
 
 
(a)
the person has self-administered the approved substance and—
 
 
(i)
the person has died, or
 
 
(ii)
it is determined by the coordinating doctor that the procedure
 
 
has failed, or
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(b)
the person has decided not to self-administer the approved substance.
 
 
(10)
For the purposes of subsection (9), the coordinating doctor need not be in the
 
 
same room as the person to whom the assistance is provided.
 
 
(11)
Where the person decides not to self-administer the approved substance, or
 
 
there is any other reason that the substance is not used, the coordinating
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doctor must remove it immediately from that person.
 
"Authorising another doctor to provide assistance"

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Subsection (1) provides that the coordinating doctor may authorise another named registered medical practitioner to exercise the coordinating doctor's functions under clause 18 in connection with the provision of assistance to a person. The authorisation must be in writing.

An authorisation can only be made with the consent, in writing, of the person who wishes to be provided with assistance. The Secretary of State can also set out in regulations the training, qualification and experience which the practitioner would require before they could be authorised under subsection.
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Authorising another doctor to provide assistance
 
 
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), the coordinating doctor may authorise, in writing,
 
 
a named registered medical practitioner to carry out the coordinating doctor’s
 
 
functions under section 18.
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(2)
A registered medical practitioner may be authorised under subsection (1)
 
 
only if—
 
 
(a)
the person to whom the assistance is being provided has consented,
 
 
in writing, to the authorisation of that practitioner, and
 
 
(b)
that practitioner has completed such training, and gained such
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qualifications and experience, as the Secretary of State may specify by
 
 
regulations.
 
 
(3)
Where a registered medical practitioner is authorised under subsection (1),
 
 
section 18 applies as if references to the coordinating doctor were to that
 
 
registered medical practitioner.
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(4)
Section 15 (signing by proxy) applies in relation to a consent under subsection
 
 
(2)(a) as it applies in relation to a first or second declaration, except that, for
 
 
these purposes, section 15(4) has effect as if for paragraph (c) there were
 
 
substituted—
 
 
“(c) if the proxy signed the first or second declaration as a witness.”
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(5)
Before making regulations under subsection (2)(b), the Secretary of State must
 
 
consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
 
 
(6)
Regulations under subsection (2)(b) are subject to the negative procedure.
 
"Meaning of “approved substance”"

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Subsection (1) requires the Secretary of State to make regulations specifying drugs or other substances for the purposes of the Bill.
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Meaning of “approved substance”
 
 
(1)
The Secretary of State must, by regulations, specify one or more drugs or
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other substances for the purposes of this Act.
 
 
(2)
In this Act “approved substance” means a drug or other substance specified
 
 
in regulations under subsection (1).
 
 
(3)
Regulations under subsection (1) are subject to the negative procedure.
 

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(4)
See section 28 for provision about prescribing, dispensing, transporting, storing,
 
 
handling and disposing of approved substances.
 
"Final Statement"

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Where a person has been provided with assistance to end their own life and the person has died as a result, this clause requires the coordinating doctor to make a statement in the form set out in Schedule 6. The making of the declaration must be recorded in the person's medical records, and the original statement included as part of that record.
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Final Statement
 
 
(1)
This section applies where a person has been provided with assistance to end
 
 
their own life in accordance with this Act and has died as a result.
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(2)
The coordinating doctor must complete a statement to that effect (a “final
 
 
statement”).
 
 
(3)
The statement mentioned in subsection (2) must be—
 
 
(a)
in the form set out in Schedule 6, and
 
 
(b)
signed and dated by the coordinating doctor.
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(4)
Where the coordinating doctor is a practitioner with the person’s GP practice,
 
 
the coordinating doctor must, as soon as practicable, record the making of
 
 
the statement in the person’s medical records.
 
 
(5)
In any other case—
 
 
(a)
the coordinating doctor must, as soon as practicable, inform a
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registered medical practitioner with that practice of the making of the
 
 
statement, and
 
 
(b)
the practitioner so informed must, as soon as practicable, record the
 
 
statement in the person’s medical records.
 
 
(6)
A record made under subsection (4) or (5) must include the original statement.
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"Other matters to be recorded in medical records"

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This clause ensures that, where a person decides not to take an approved substance provided under clause 18 or the procedure fails for any reason, appropriate records are made in the person's medical record.
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Other matters to be recorded in medical records
 
 
(1)
This section applies where a person is provided with assistance to end their
 
 
own life in accordance with this Act and either—
 
 
(a)
the person decides not to take the substance, or
 
 
(b)
the procedure fails.
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(2)
Where the coordinating doctor is a practitioner with the person’s GP practice,
 
 
the coordinating doctor must, as soon as practicable, record that this has
 
 
happened in the person’s medical records.
 
 
(3)
In any other case—
 
 
(a)
the coordinating doctor must, as soon as practicable, inform a
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registered medical practitioner with that practice that this has
 
 
happened, and
 
 
(b)
the practitioner so informed must, as soon as practicable, record that
 
 
fact in the person’s medical records.
 

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Protections for health professionals

 
"No obligation to provide assistance etc"

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Subsection (1) ensures that no registered medical practitioner or other health professional (defined in clause 37(1)) is required to participate in the provision of assistance under the Bill.

Subsection (2) provides that an employee cannot be discriminated against because they choose not to participate in the provision of assistance under the Bill or because they choose not to participate in the provision of that assistance.
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No obligation to provide assistance etc
 
 
(1)
No registered medical practitioner or other health professional is under any
 
 
duty (whether arising from any contract, statute or otherwise) to participate
 
 
in the provision of assistance in accordance with this Act.
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(2)
An employer must not subject an employee to any detriment for exercising
 
 
their right under subsection (1) not to participate in the provision of assistance
 
 
in accordance with this Act or for participating in the provision of assistance
 
 
to a person in accordance with this Act.
 
"Criminal liability for providing assistance"

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Subsection (1) makes it clear that a person is not guilty of an offence by virtue of providing assistance in accordance with the Bill.

Accordingly, subsection (3) amends the Suicide Act 1961 to ensure that the provision of assistance to a person in accordance with this Act is not an act which constitutes an offence under section 2 of that Act (criminal liability for complicity in another person's suicide).

The offence under section 2 of the Suicide Act 1961 will continue to operate for other cases where assistance is provided. But the amendment made by subsection (3) to that Act also provides a defence to a charge under section 2 of the Suicide Act 1961 where the person proves that they:

  • reasonably believed they were acting in accordance with the Bill, and
  • took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.
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Criminal liability for providing assistance
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(1)
A person is not guilty of an offence by virtue of providing assistance to a
 
 
person in accordance with this Act.
 
 
(2)
Subsection (1) does not limit the circumstances in which a court can otherwise
 
 
find that a person who has assisted another to end their own life (or to attempt
 
 
to do so) has not committed an offence.
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(3)
In the Suicide Act 1961, after section 2A (acts capable of encouraging or
 
 
assisting suicide) insert—
 
 
“2AA
Assistance provided under Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Act
 
 
2024
 
 
(1)
In sections 2(1) and 2A(1), a reference to an act that is capable of
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encouraging or assisting suicide or attempted suicide does not include
 
 
the provision of assistance to a person to end their own life in
 
 
accordance with the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Act 2024.
 
 
(2)
It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under section 2
 
 
to prove that they—
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(a)
reasonably believed they were acting in accordance with the
 
 
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Act 2024, and
 
 
(b)
took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence
 
 
to avoid the commission of the offence.”
 
"Civil liability for providing assistance"

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This clause ensures that providing assistance to a person to end their own life in accordance with the Bill does not give rise to any civil liability.
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Civil liability for providing assistance
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(1)
Providing assistance to a person to end their own life in accordance with this
 
 
Act does not give rise to any civil liability.
 
 
(2)
Subsection (1) does not limit the circumstances in which a court can otherwise
 
 
find that a person who has assisted another person to end their own life is
 
 
not subject to civil liability.
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(3)
The references in subsections (1) and (2) to providing assistance to or assisting
 
 
a person to end their own life include references to providing assistance to
 
 
or, as the case may be, assisting the person in an attempt to do so.
 

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Offences

 
"Dishonesty, coercion or pressure"

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This clause creates two new criminal offences.

Firstly, subsection (1) provides a person commits an offence if, by dishonesty, coercion or pressure, they induce another person to make a first or second declaration under the Bill, or to not cancel a first or second declaration.

Secondly, subsection (2) provides a person commits an offence if, by dishonesty, coercion or pressure, they induce another person to self-administer an approved substance provided in accordance with the Bill.
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Dishonesty, coercion or pressure
 
 
(1)
A person who, by dishonesty, coercion or pressure, induces another person
 
 
to make a first or second declaration, or not to cancel such a declaration,
 
 
commits an offence.
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(2)
A person who, by dishonesty, coercion or pressure, induces another person
 
 
to self-administer an approved substance provided in accordance with this
 
 
Act commits an offence.
 
 
(3)
A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable on
 
 
conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years.
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"Falsification or destruction of documentation"

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This clause creates three new criminal offences relating to documentation in connection with the provision of assistance under the Bill.

Subsection (1) makes it an offence to make or knowingly use a false instrument which purports to be a first or second declaration or a court declaration under clause 12, or to wilfully conceal or destroy a first or second declaration made by another person.

Subsection (2) makes it an offence to knowingly or recklessly provide, in relation to a person who has made a first declaration, a medical or other professional opinion which is false or misleading in a material particular.

Subsection (3) makes it offence to wilfully ignore or otherwise conceal knowledge of a cancellation of a first or second declaration.
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Falsification or destruction of documentation
 
 
(1)
A person commits an offence if they—
 
 
(a)
make or knowingly use a false instrument which purports to be—
 
 
(i)
a first declaration,
 
 
(ii)
a second declaration, or
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(iii)
a declaration by the High Court or the Court of Appeal under
 
 
section 12, or
 
 
(b)
wilfully conceal or destroy a first declaration or a second declaration
 
 
by another person.
 
 
(2)
A person commits an offence if, in relation to another person who has made
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a first declaration under this Act, they knowingly or recklessly provide a
 
 
medical or other professional opinion in respect of that person which is false
 
 
or misleading in a material particular.
 
 
(3)
A person (“A”) commits an offence if, in relation to another person (“B”) who
 
 
has cancelled a first or second declaration made and signed by B in accordance
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with this Act, A wilfully ignores or otherwise conceals knowledge of that
 
 
cancellation.
 
 
(4)
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1)(a), (2) or (3) which was
 
 
committed with the intention of causing the death of another person is liable,
 
 
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for life.
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(5)
Unless subsection (4) applies, a person convicted of an offence under this
 
 
section is liable—
 
 
(a)
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
 
 
the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine, or both;
 
 
(b)
on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
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5 years or a fine, or both.
 

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Regulatory regime for approved substances

 
"Prescribing, dispensing, transporting etc of approved substances"

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The clause enable the Secretary of State to make regulations regulating the prescribing, dispensing, transportation, handling and disposal of approved substances.
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Prescribing, dispensing, transporting etc of approved substances
 
 
(1)
The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision—
 
 
(a)
about the prescribing and dispensing of approved substances;
 
 
(b)
about the transportation, storage, handling and disposal of approved
5
 
substances;
 
 
(c)
about the records to be kept in relation to the prescribing, dispensing,
 
 
transportation, storage, handling and disposal of approved substances.
 
 
(2)
Regulations under subsection (1) may make provision about enforcement,
 
 
including provision imposing civil penalties.
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(3)
Regulations under subsection (1) are subject to the negative procedure.
 

Investigation and registration of deaths

 
"Inquests, death certification etc"

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Subsection (1) provides that the duty to investigate a death under section 1(2)(a) or (b) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 does not arise just because the person died as a consequence of the provision of assistance in accordance with the Bill. Section 1(2)(a) of that Act covers where the deceased died a violent or unnatural death, and section 1(2)(b) covers where the cause of death is unknown.

Subsection (2) amends the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 to enable the Secretary of State to make regulations to modify the operation of that Act in relation to deaths which arise from the provision of assistance in accordance with the Bill. For example, the regulations may modify the information that needs to be provided in relation to these deaths, or the form and manner in which the cause of such deaths is to be certified. The regulations must provide for the cause of death to be recorded as "assisted death" along with a record of the person's terminal illness by reason of which they were entitled to be provided with assistance to end their own life..

Subsection (3) requires the Registrar General to report annually to Parliament with a statistical analysis of deaths which have arisen from the provision of assistance in accordance with this Act.
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Inquests, death certification etc
 
 
(1)
A person is not to be regarded as having died in circumstances to which
 
 
section 1(2)(a) or (b) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (duty to investigate
15
 
certain deaths) applies only because the person died as a consequence of the
 
 
provision of assistance to that person in accordance with this Act.
 
 
(2)
In the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, after section 39A, insert—
 
“39B
Regulations: assisted dying
 
 
(1)
The Secretary of State may by regulations—
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(a)
provide for any provision made by or under this Act relating
 
 
to the registration of deaths to apply in respect of deaths which
 
 
arise from the provision of assistance in accordance with the
 
 
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Act 2024 with such
 
 
modifications as may be prescribed in respect of—
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(i)
the information which is to be provided concerning
 
 
such deaths,
 
 
(ii)
the form and manner in which the cause of such deaths
 
 
is to be certified, and
 
 
(iii)
the form and manner in which such deaths are to be
30
 
registered, and
 
 
(b)
make such incidental, supplemental and transitional provisions
 
 
as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
 
 
(2)
Any regulations made under subsection (1)(a)(ii) must provide for the
 
 
cause of death to be recorded as “assisted death” along with a record
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of the person’s terminal illness by reason of which they were entitled
 
 
to be provided with assistance to end their own life in accordance
 
 
with the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Act 2024.
 
 
(3)
In subsection (2) “terminal illness” means the illness, disease or medical
 
 
condition mentioned in section 2(1)(a) of that Act.
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(4)
The power of the Secretary of State to make regulations under
 
 
subsection (1) is exercisable by statutory instrument.
 
 
(5)
Regulations may not be made under subsection (1) unless a draft of
 
 
the statutory instrument containing them has been laid before and
 
 
approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.”
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(3)
The Registrar General for England and Wales must, at least once each year,
 
 
prepare and lay before Parliament a report providing a statistical analysis of
 
 
deaths which have arisen from the provision of assistance to persons in
 
 
accordance with this Act.
 

Codes and guidance

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"Codes of practice"

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This clause authorises the Secretary of State to issue codes of practice in relation to various matters relating to the operation of the Act, such as assessment of whether a person has a clear and settled intention to end their own life and the assistance which a person may be given to ingest or self-administer an approved substance.

A code of practice cannot come into force until it has been laid before Parliament and the regulations bringing it into force have been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
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Codes of practice
 
 
(1)
The Secretary of State may issue one or more codes of practice in connection
 
 
with—
 
 
(a)
the assessment of whether a person has a clear and settled intention
 
 
to end their own life, including—
15
 
(i)
assessing whether the person has capacity to make such a
 
 
decision;
 
 
(ii)
recognising and taking account of the effects of depression or
 
 
other mental disorders (within the meaning of the Mental
 
 
Health Act 1983) that may impair a person’s decision-making;
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(b)
the information which is made available as mentioned in sections 4
 
 
and 9 on treatment or palliative, hospice or other care available to the
 
 
person and under section 9 on the consequences of deciding to end
 
 
their own life;
 
 
(c)
the arrangements for ensuring effective communication in connection
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with the provision of assistance to persons in accordance with this
 
 
Act, including the use of interpreters;
 
 
(d)
the arrangements for providing approved substances to the person
 
 
for whom they have been prescribed, and the assistance which such
 
 
a person may be given to ingest or self-administer them;
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(e)
such other matters relating to the operation of this Act as the Secretary
 
 
of State considers appropriate.
 
 
(2)
Before issuing a code under this section the Secretary of State must consult
 
 
such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
 
 
(3)
A code issued under subsection (1) does not come into force until the Secretary
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of State by regulations so provides.
 
 
(4)
Regulations bringing a code into force are subject to the affirmative procedure.
 
 
(5)
When draft regulations are laid before Parliament in accordance with that
 
 
procedure, the code to which they relate must also be laid before Parliament.
 
 
(6)
A person performing any function under this Act must have regard to any
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relevant provision of a code.
 

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(7)
A failure to do so does not of itself render a person liable to any criminal or
 
 
civil proceedings but may be taken into account in any proceedings.
 
"Guidance from Chief Medical Officers"

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The Chief Medical Officer for England and the Chief Medical Officer for Wales are required to provide guidance relating to the operation of the Bill. In particular, they must have regard to the need to provide practical and accessible information about the operation of the Bill, advice and guidance to persons considering requesting assistance under the Bill, their families, and the general public.
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Guidance from Chief Medical Officers
 
 
(1)
The relevant Chief Medical Officer must prepare and publish guidance relating
 
 
to the operation of this Act.
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(2)
Before preparing guidance under this section, the relevant Chief Medical
 
 
Officer must consult such persons as that Chief Medical Officer considers
 
 
appropriate.
 
 
(3)
When preparing that guidance, the relevant Chief Medical Officer must have
 
 
regard to the need to provide practical and accessible information, advice
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and guidance to—
 
 
(a)
persons requesting or considering requesting assistance to end their
 
 
own lives;
 
 
(b)
next of kin and families of such persons;
 
 
(c)
the general public.
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(4)
In this section “relevant Chief Medical Officer” means—
 
 
(a)
in relation to England, the Chief Medical Officer for England;
 
 
(b)
in relation to Wales, the Chief Medical Officer for Wales.
 

Provision through NHS etc

 
"Secretary of State’s powers to ensure assistance is available"

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This clause enables the Secretary of State to secure that arrangements are in place for assistance to be provided in accordance with the Bill, including arrangements for the funding of any provision made. This would enable the Secretary of State to provide for services to be provided through the health service or by a separate service.
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Secretary of State’s powers to ensure assistance is available
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(1)
The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision—
 
 
(a)
to secure that arrangements are made, by the Secretary of State or other
 
 
persons, for the provision of assistance to persons in accordance with this
 
 
Act, and
 
 
(b)
for related matters.
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(2)
Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular, enable the provision of such
 
 
assistance as part of the health service in England and the health service in Wales.
 
 
(3)
The power to make regulations under subsection (1) includes power to amend,
 
 
repeal or revoke any provision made by an enactment passed or made before
 
 
the end of the Session in which this Act is passed.
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(4)
Regulations under subsection (1) are subject to the affirmative procedure.
 

Monitoring and review

 
"Notifications to Chief Medical Officers"

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This clause enables the Secretary of State to make regulations to ensure the Chief Medical Officers are notified of steps taken under the Bill. The information will enable the Chief Medical Officers to monitor and report on the operation of the Bill under clause 34.
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Notifications to Chief Medical Officers
 
 
(1)
The Secretary of State may, by regulations, require any registered medical
 
 
practitioner to notify the relevant Chief Medical Officer of any notifiable
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event.
 

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(2)
The following are notifiable events in relation to a registered medical
 
 
practitioner—
 
 
(a)
the practitioner witnessing a first declaration under section 5 as the
 
 
coordinating doctor;
 
 
(b)
the practitioner, having carried out the first assessment, providing or
5
 
refusing to provide the statement mentioned in section 7(3);
 
 
(c)
the practitioner, having carried out the second assessment, providing
 
 
or refusing to provide the statement mentioned in section 8(5);
 
 
(d)
the practitioner witnessing a second declaration under section 13;
 
 
(e)
the practitioner making or refusing to make a statement under section
10
 
13(5);
 
 
(f)
the practitioner making a final statement under section 21;
 
 
(g)
the practitioner making a record in a person’s medical records in
 
 
accordance with section 17 or 22 or notifying another practitioner to
 
 
enable such a record to be made;
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(h)
such other events as may be specified by the Secretary of State by
 
 
regulations.
 
 
(3)
Regulations under subsection (1) may—
 
 
(a)
specify the information which must be contained in the notification;
 
 
(b)
specify the manner in which the notification must be given;
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(c)
make provision about enforcement of the regulations.
 
 
(4)
In this section “relevant Chief Medical Officer” has the meaning given by
 
 
section 31(4).
 
 
(5)
Regulations under this section are subject to the negative procedure.
 
"Monitoring by Chief Medical Officers"

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Under subsection (1), the Chief Medical Officer for England and the Chief Medical Officer for Wales are required to:

  • monitor the operation of the Bill,
  • investigate and report to the Secretary of State or, in the case of Wales, the Welsh Ministers, on matters relating to the Bill which are referred for investigation, and
  • submit an annual report to the Secretary of State or, in Wales, the Welsh Ministers on the operation of the Bill.

Subsection (2) sets out matters the annual report must deal with, including information about cases where the High Court or Court of Appeal has refused to make a declaration under the Bill.

Subsection (3) provides the Chief Medical Officers may produce a combined annual report.

Subsection (4) provides the annual reports must be published and laid before Parliament or, as the case may be, Senedd Cymru.

Subsection (5) requires the Secretary of State to publish a written response to any report of a Chief Medical Officer under this clause, and to lay it before Parliament. If the response is to a report made by the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, the Secretary of State's response is also sent to the Welsh Ministers who must lay it before Senedd Cymru.
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Monitoring by Chief Medical Officers
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(1)
The relevant Chief Medical Officer must—
 
 
(a)
monitor the operation of the Act, including compliance with its
 
 
provisions and any regulations or code of practice made under it,
 
 
(b)
investigate, and report to the relevant national authority on, any matter
 
 
connected with the operation of the Act which the relevant national
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authority refers to the relevant Chief Medical Officer, and
 
 
(c)
submit an annual report to the relevant national authority on the
 
 
operation of the Act.
 
 
(2)
The relevant Chief Medical Officer’s report must include information about
 
 
the occasions when—
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(a)
the coordinating doctor has refused to make a statement under section
 
 
7(3);
 
 
(b)
the independent doctor has refused to make a statement under section
 
 
8(5);
 
 
(c)
the High Court or Court of Appeal has refused to make a declaration
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under section 12;
 
 
(d)
the coordinating doctor has refused to make a statement under section
 
 
13(5).
 

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(3)
The relevant Chief Medical Officers may combine their annual reports for the
 
 
same year in a single document (“a combined report”) in such manner as
 
 
they consider appropriate.
 
 
(4)
The relevant national authority must publish each annual report or combined
 
 
report it receives under this section and—
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(a)
the Secretary of State must lay a copy of each report they receive
 
 
before Parliament, and
 
 
(b)
the Welsh Ministers must—
 
 
(i)
lay a copy of each report they receive before Senedd Cymru,
 
 
and
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(ii)
send a copy of each report (other than a combined report) they
 
 
receive to the Secretary of State.
 
 
(5)
The Secretary of State must—
 
 
(a)
prepare and publish a written response to any report received under
 
 
this section,
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(b)
lay a copy of any written response before Parliament, and
 
 
(c)
if the written response is to a report from the Chief Medical Officer
 
 
for Wales or a combined report, send a copy of the response to the
 
 
Welsh Ministers.
 
 
(6)
The Welsh Ministers must lay a copy of any written response they receive
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under subsection (5)(c) before Senedd Cymru.
 
 
(7)
In this section—
 
 
“relevant Chief Medical Officer” has the meaning given by section 31(4);
 
 
“relevant national authority” means—
 
 
(a)
in relation to the Chief Medical Officer for England, the
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Secretary of State, and
 
 
(b)
in relation to the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, the Welsh
 
 
Ministers.
 
"Review of this Act"

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This clause provides that the Secretary of State must review the operation of the Bill. The review must take place at least 5, but not more than 6, years after the passing of the Bill. The report of the review must be laid before Parliament.

The report must, in particular, set out:

  • the extent to which the Act has successfully met its aim of allowing adults who are terminally ill, subject to safeguards and protections, to request and be provided with assistance to end their own lives,
  • an assessment of the availability, quality and distribution of appropriate health services to persons with palliative care needs;
  • any concerns with the operation of this Act; and
  • recommendations for changes to codes of practice, guidance or any enactment, including the Bill.
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Review of this Act
 
 
(1)
The Secretary of State must, during the period of 12 months beginning at the
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end of the initial 5-year period—
 
 
(a)
undertake a review of the operation of this Act,
 
 
(b)
prepare a report on that review, and
 
 
(c)
as soon as reasonably practicable, publish and lay the report before
 
 
Parliament.
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(2)
“The initial 5-year period” means the period of 5 years beginning with the
 
 
day on which this Act is passed.
 
 
(3)
The report must, in particular, set out—
 
 
(a)
the extent to which the Act has successfully met its aim of allowing
 
 
adults who are terminally ill, subject to safeguards and protections,
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(b)
an assessment of the availability, quality and distribution of appropriate
 
 
health services to persons with palliative care needs, including—
 
 
(i)
pain and symptom management;
 
 
(ii)
psychological support for those persons and their families;
 
 
(iii)
information about palliative care and how to access it;
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(c)
any concerns with the operation of this Act which have been raised;
 
 
and
 
 
(d)
the Secretary of State’s response to any such concerns, including any
 
 
recommendations for changes to codes of practice, guidance or any
 
 
enactment (including this Act).
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General and final

 
"Disqualification from being witness or proxy"

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This clause makes provision for disqualifying persons from being witnesses or proxies under the Bill. It prevents a person (A) acting as a witness or proxy for a person (B) making a first or second declaration under the Bill if:

  • A is a relative of B (as defined in clause 40);
  • A knows or believes they are a beneficiary under Bill's will or may otherwise benefit from B's death;
  • A is a health professional who has provided treatment or care for the person in relation to their terminal illness;
  • A has not attained the age of 18.
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Disqualification from being witness or proxy
 
 
(1)
The individuals specified in subsection (2) are disqualified from—
 
 
(a)
witnessing a first declaration by a person under section 5(2)(c)(ii);
 
 
(b)
witnessing a second declaration by a person under section 13(3)(c)(ii);
15
 
(c)
being a proxy for a person intending to have a document signed by
 
 
proxy under section 15.
 
 
(2)
Those individuals are—
 
 
(a)
any relative of the person;
 
 
(b)
anyone who knows or believes that they—
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(i)
are a beneficiary under a will of the person, or
 
 
(ii)
may otherwise benefit financially or in any other material way
 
 
from the death of the person;
 
 
(c)
any health professional who has provided treatment or care for the
 
 
person in relation to that person’s terminal illness;
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(d)
any person who has not attained the age of 18.
 
 
(3)
In subsection (2)(c), the reference to “terminal illness” means the illness,
 
 
disease or medical condition mentioned in section 2(1)(a).
 
"Modification of form of declarations and statements"

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This clause confers power on the Secretary of State, by regulations, to amend the forms set out in the Schedules of the Bill.
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Modification of form of declarations and statements
 
 
(1)
The Secretary of State may by regulations amend or replace any of Schedules
30
 
1 to 6.
 
 
(2)
Regulations under subsection (1) are subject to the negative procedure.
 
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Power to make consequential and transitional provision etc
 
 
(1)
The Secretary of State may by regulations make—
 
 
(a)
such supplementary, incidental or consequential provision, or
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(b)
such transitory, transitional or saving provision,
 
 
as the Secretary of State considers appropriate for the purposes or in
 
 
consequence of any provision made by this Act.
 

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(2)
Regulations under subsection (1) are subject to the negative procedure.
 
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Regulations
 
 
(1)
A power to make regulations under any provision of this Act includes power
 
 
to make different provision for different purposes.
 
 
(2)
Regulations under this Act are to be made by statutory instrument.
5
 
(3)
Where regulations under this Act are subject to “the affirmative procedure”,
 
 
the regulations may not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument
 
 
containing them has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each
 
 
House of Parliament.
 
 
(4)
Where regulations under this Act are subject to “the negative procedure”, the
10
 
statutory instrument containing them is subject to annulment in pursuance
 
 
of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
 
 
(5)
Any provision that may be made by regulations under this Act subject to the
 
 
negative procedure may be made by regulations subject to the affirmative
 
 
procedure.
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(6)
This section does not apply to regulations under section 42 (commencement).
 
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Interpretation
 
 
(1)
In this Act, references to the provision of assistance to a person to end their
 
 
own life in accordance with this Act are to the provision of assistance to that
 
 
person to end their own life in circumstances where the provision is authorised
20
 
by section 1.
 
 
(2)
In this Act—
 
 
“the affirmative procedure” has the meaning given in section 39(3);
 
 
“approved substance” has the meaning given in section 20(2);
 
 
“coordinating doctor” has the meaning given in section 5(3);
25
 
“capacity” (except in section 15(3)(b)) is to be construed in accordance
 
 
with section 3;
 
 
“GP practice” , of a person, means the general medical practice with which
 
 
the person is registered;
 
 
“health professional” means—
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(a)
a registered medical practitioner;
 
 
(b)
a registered nurse;
 
 
(c)
a registered pharmacist or a registered pharmacy technician
 
 
within the meaning of the Pharmacy Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/231)
 
 
(see article 3 of that Order);
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“independent doctor” has the meaning given in section 7(3)(c);
 
 
“the negative procedure” has the meaning given by section 39(4);
 
 
“relative” , in relation to any person, means—
 
 
(a)
the spouse or civil partner of that person,
 

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(b)
any lineal ancestor, lineal descendant, sibling, aunt, uncle or
 
 
cousin of that person or the person’s spouse or civil partner,
 
 
or
 
 
(c)
the spouse or civil partner of any relative mentioned in
 
 
paragraph (b).
5
 
(3)
For the purpose of deducing any relationship mentioned in the definition of
 
 
“relative” in subsection (2), a spouse or civil partner includes a former spouse
 
 
or civil partner and a partner to whom the person is not married, and a
 
 
step-child of any person is treated as that person’s child.
 
 
(4)
For the purposes of this Act, a registered medical practitioner is not to be
10
 
regarded as benefiting financially or in any other material way from the death
 
 
of a person by reason only of the practitioner receiving reasonable
 
 
remuneration for the provision of services in connection with the provision
 
 
of assistance to that person in accordance with this Act.
 
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Extent
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This Act extends to England and Wales.
 
"Commencement"

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Subsection (1) lists the provisions that come into force as soon as the Bill is passed.

Subsection (2) provides that the other provisions come into force on the day (or days) specified by the Secretary of State by regulations.

But, if any provision has not been brought fully into force at the end of the period of 2 years beginning with the day the Bill is passed, it automatically comes fully into force at the end of that 2 year period.
42
Commencement
 
 
(1)
Sections 37 to 41, this section and section 43 come into force on the day on
 
 
which this Act is passed.
 
 
(2)
The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day or days as the
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Secretary of State may by regulations appoint.
 
 
(3)
But if any provision of this Act has not been fully brought into force before
 
 
the end of the period of 2 years beginning with the day on which this Act is
 
 
passed, that provision (so far as not already in force) comes into force at the
 
 
end of that period.
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(4)
The Secretary of State may by regulations make transitional or saving provision
 
 
in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act.
 
 
(5)
The power to make regulations under this section includes power to make
 
 
different provision for different purposes.
 
 
(6)
Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument.
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Short title
 
 
This Act may be cited as the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Act 2024.
 

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Schedules

 
 
Schedule 1
Section 5
 

Form of the first declaration

 
Amendments
Amendment 1

Tabled: 09 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 9 January 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 8, page 5, line 13, at beginning insert "is a registered medical practitioner who is registered in the specialism of psychiatry in the Specialist Register kept by the General Medical Council and"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Sojan Joseph (Lab - Ashford) - 09 Jan 2025
Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 10 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Amendment 2

Tabled: 10 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 5, page 3, line 15, leave out "may" and insert "must"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) - 10 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury)
Amendment 3

Tabled: 10 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 5, page 3, line 28, leave out "negative” and insert "affirmative"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) - 10 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury)
Amendment 4

Tabled: 10 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 8, page 5, line 14, leave out "may” and insert “must”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) - 10 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury)
Amendment 5

Tabled: 10 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 8, page 5, line 30, leave out "negative” and insert "affirmative"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) - 10 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury)
Amendment 6

Tabled: 10 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 January 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 9, page 6, line 27, leave out “may” and insert "must"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 8

Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) - 10 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury)

Vikki Slade (LD - Mid Dorset and North Poole) - 10 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 10 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Sarah Green (LD - Chesham and Amersham) - 10 Feb 2025
Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 10 Feb 2025
Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) - 10 Feb 2025
Adam Dance (LD - Yeovil) - 04 Mar 2025
Tom Gordon (LD - Harrogate and Knaresborough) - 04 Mar 2025
Amendment 7

Tabled: 10 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 29, page 18, line 9, insert at end "and, a statistical analysis of the number of people assessed by a medical practitioner as not eligible as they do not meet the criteria set out in section 1 of this Act."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 5

Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) - 10 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury)

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 11 Feb 2025
Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 11 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Adam Dance (LD - Yeovil) - 26 Feb 2025
Amendment 34

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out "capacity" and insert "ability"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 21 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 03 Feb 2025
Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) - 03 Feb 2025
Amendment 23

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 1, page 1, line 19, after “coerced” insert “, unduly influenced"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 12

Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) - 21 Jan 2025
Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 10 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

John Cooper (Con - Dumfries and Galloway) - 11 Feb 2025
Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Jack Rankin (Con - Windsor) - 11 Feb 2025
Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) - 11 Feb 2025
Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 9

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 2, page 1, line 24, after “reversed” insert “or the process controlled or substantially slowed"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 12

Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) - 21 Jan 2025
Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) - 10 Feb 2025
Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 10 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

John Cooper (Con - Dumfries and Galloway) - 11 Feb 2025
Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Jack Rankin (Con - Windsor) - 11 Feb 2025
Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) - 11 Feb 2025
Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 12

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

Clause 2 page 2, line 2, at end insert— "(c) their illness, disease or medical condition is found on a list that the Secretary of State may by regulations specify."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) - 21 Jan 2025
Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 10

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 2, page 2, line 6, at the end insert ", providing the treatment does not alter the overall prognosis of the condition.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 12

Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) - 21 Jan 2025
Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) - 10 Feb 2025
Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 10 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

John Cooper (Con - Dumfries and Galloway) - 11 Feb 2025
Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Jack Rankin (Con - Windsor) - 11 Feb 2025
Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) - 11 Feb 2025
Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 11

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 2, page 2, leave out lines 7 and 8 and insert— "(3) A person is not to be considered to be terminally ill by reason of the person having one or both of—"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 16

Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) - 21 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 27 Jan 2025
Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 28 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 10 Feb 2025
John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

John Cooper (Con - Dumfries and Galloway) - 11 Feb 2025
Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) - 11 Feb 2025
Jack Rankin (Con - Windsor) - 11 Feb 2025
David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 11 Feb 2025
Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 13

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 2, page 2, line 10, at end insert— "(4) Regulations under subsection (1)(c) are subject to the affirmative procedure. (5) he Secretary of State may, where they consider it appropriate, make regulations that expire after twelve months from their being made to include temporary additions to the list under subsection (1)(c) (6) Regulations under subsection (5) are subject to the negative procedure.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) - 21 Jan 2025
Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 35

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT SELECTED

Page 2, line 11, leave out Clause 3

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 6

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 21 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 27 Jan 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 10 Feb 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 25 Feb 2025
Amendment 8

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out from "practitioner” to end of line 20 and insert "shall raise the subject of the provision of assistance in accordance with this Act with a person who has not indicated to that or another registered medical practitioner that they wish to seek assistance to end their own life"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 17

Chris Webb (Lab - Blackpool South) - 21 Jan 2025
Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 27 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Mary Kelly Foy (Lab - City of Durham) - 27 Jan 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 27 Jan 2025
Darren Paffey (Lab - Southampton Itchen) - 27 Jan 2025
Blair McDougall (Lab - East Renfrewshire) - 28 Jan 2025
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 28 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) - 03 Feb 2025
Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) - 03 Feb 2025
John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) - 03 Feb 2025
Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) - 10 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 10 Feb 2025
Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) - 10 Feb 2025
Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 10 Feb 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 10 Feb 2025
Amendment 20

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 5, page 3, line 25, at end insert— "(4A) Regulations under subsection (3)(a) must specify that training in respect of domestic abuse, including coercive control and financial abuse is mandatory.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 26

Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 21 Jan 2025
Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 21 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 21 Jan 2025
Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 27 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 27 Jan 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 27 Jan 2025
James Frith (Lab - Bury North) - 27 Jan 2025
Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) - 27 Jan 2025
Darren Paffey (Lab - Southampton Itchen) - 27 Jan 2025
Maya Ellis (Lab - Ribble Valley) - 27 Jan 2025
Mary Kelly Foy (Lab - City of Durham) - 27 Jan 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 03 Feb 2025
Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) - 03 Feb 2025
Anneliese Midgley (Lab - Knowsley) - 03 Feb 2025
Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) - 03 Feb 2025
Scott Arthur (Lab - Edinburgh South West) - 03 Feb 2025
Blair McDougall (Lab - East Renfrewshire) - 03 Feb 2025
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Apsana Begum (Lab - Poplar and Limehouse) - 03 Feb 2025
John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) - 03 Feb 2025
Uma Kumaran (Lab - Stratford and Bow) - 10 Feb 2025
Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) - 10 Feb 2025
Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) - 10 Feb 2025
Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 10 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 10 Feb 2025
Amendment 36

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 7, page 4, line 7, leave out "capacity" and insert "the ability"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 5

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 21 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 27 Jan 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 21 Feb 2025
Amendment 24

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 7, page 4, line 14, after “coerced” insert “, unduly influenced"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) - 21 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 14

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 7, page 4, line 15, at end insert— "(2A) The coordinating doctor must take the report required under subsection (2B) into account in making an assessment under paragraph (2)(b), (f) and (g). (2B) One or more qualified persons must have conducted a separate interview with the person and made a report to the coordinating doctor on the matters specified in subsection (2C). (2C) The matters that must be covered in the report required under subsection (2B) are— (a) any evidence of duress or coercion affecting the person's decision to end their life, (b) any difficulties of communication with the person interviewed and an explanation of how those difficulties were overcome, and (c) the capacity of the person interviewed to understand the information given to them under paragraph (9)(2), (b), (c) and (d). (2D) A person shall be taken to be qualified to conduct an interview under subsection (2B) if that person— (a) is a registered medical practitioner who— (i) is registered in the specialism of psychiatry in the Specialist Register kept by the General Medical Council, or (ii) has such training, qualifications and experience as the Secretary of State may by regulations specify, (b) has not provided treatment or care for the person being assessed in relation to that person's terminal illness, (c) is not a relative of the person being assessed, (d) is not a partner or colleague in the same practice or clinical team as the coordinating doctor, (e) did not witness the first declaration made by the person being assessed, and (f) does not know or believe that they— (i) are a beneficiary under a will of the person, or (ii) may otherwise benefit financially or in any other material way from the death of the person. (2E) Before making regulations under subsection (2D)(a), the Secretary of State must consult such persons as they consider appropriate. (2F) Regulations under subsection (2D)(a) are subject to the negative procedure.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 31

Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 21 Jan 2025
Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 27 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) - 27 Jan 2025
Mary Kelly Foy (Lab - City of Durham) - 27 Jan 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 27 Jan 2025
Darren Paffey (Lab - Southampton Itchen) - 27 Jan 2025
Blair McDougall (Lab - East Renfrewshire) - 28 Jan 2025
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) - 03 Feb 2025
John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) - 03 Feb 2025
Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) - 10 Feb 2025
Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 10 Feb 2025
Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) - 10 Feb 2025
Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 10 Feb 2025
Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 10 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Kenneth Stevenson (Lab - Airdrie and Shotts) - 10 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 10 Feb 2025
Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 10 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) - 10 Feb 2025
Lillian Jones (Lab - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) - 10 Feb 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 10 Feb 2025
Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 21 Feb 2025
Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool West Derby) - 21 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 21 Feb 2025
Derek Twigg (Lab - Widnes and Halewood) - 21 Feb 2025
David Smith (Lab - North Northumberland) - 21 Feb 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 21 Feb 2025
Chris Webb (Lab - Blackpool South) - 21 Feb 2025
Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) - 21 Feb 2025
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck - 21 Feb 2025
Amendment 37

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 8, page 4, line 34, leave out "capacity" and insert "the ability"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 5

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 21 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 27 Jan 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 25

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 8, page 4, line 37, after “coerced” insert “, unduly influenced"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) - 21 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 15

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 8, page 4, line 38, at end insert— "(2A) The independent doctor must take the report required under subsection 7(2B) into account in making an assessment under subsections (2)(b)(d) and (e).”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 29

Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 21 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Mary Kelly Foy (Lab - City of Durham) - 27 Jan 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 27 Jan 2025
John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) - 03 Feb 2025
Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 10 Feb 2025
Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 10 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Mike Wood (Con - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Opposition Whip (Commons)

Mike Amesbury - 10 Feb 2025
Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) - 10 Feb 2025
Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) - 10 Feb 2025
Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) - 10 Feb 2025
Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) - 10 Feb 2025
Desmond Swayne (Con - New Forest West) - 10 Feb 2025
Kenneth Stevenson (Lab - Airdrie and Shotts) - 10 Feb 2025
Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 10 Feb 2025
Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) - 10 Feb 2025
Sean Woodcock (Lab - Banbury) - 10 Feb 2025
Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 10 Feb 2025
Lillian Jones (Lab - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) - 10 Feb 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 10 Feb 2025
Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 13 Feb 2025
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck - 13 Feb 2025
Derek Twigg (Lab - Widnes and Halewood) - 13 Feb 2025
Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool West Derby) - 13 Feb 2025
Chris Webb (Lab - Blackpool South) - 13 Feb 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 13 Feb 2025
Mary Glindon (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend) - 21 Feb 2025
Amendment 16

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 8, page 5, line 16, at end insert "or conducted the interview under subsection (7) (2B)”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 29

Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 21 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Mary Kelly Foy (Lab - City of Durham) - 27 Jan 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 27 Jan 2025
John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) - 03 Feb 2025
Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 13 Feb 2025
Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 13 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) - 13 Feb 2025
Mike Wood (Con - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire) - 13 Feb 2025
Opposition Whip (Commons)

Mike Amesbury - 13 Feb 2025
Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) - 13 Feb 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 13 Feb 2025
Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 13 Feb 2025
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck - 13 Feb 2025
Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) - 13 Feb 2025
Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) - 13 Feb 2025
Desmond Swayne (Con - New Forest West) - 13 Feb 2025
Kenneth Stevenson (Lab - Airdrie and Shotts) - 13 Feb 2025
Derek Twigg (Lab - Widnes and Halewood) - 13 Feb 2025
Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool West Derby) - 13 Feb 2025
Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 13 Feb 2025
Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) - 13 Feb 2025
Sean Woodcock (Lab - Banbury) - 13 Feb 2025
Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 13 Feb 2025
Lillian Jones (Lab - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) - 13 Feb 2025
Chris Webb (Lab - Blackpool South) - 13 Feb 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 13 Feb 2025
Mary Glindon (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend) - 21 Feb 2025
Amendment 21

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 8, page 5, line 29, at end insert— "(8A) Regulations under subsection (6)(a) must specify that training in respect of domestic abuse, including coercive control and financial abuse is mandatory.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 30

Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 21 Jan 2025
Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 21 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 21 Jan 2025
Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 27 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 27 Jan 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 27 Jan 2025
James Frith (Lab - Bury North) - 27 Jan 2025
Mary Kelly Foy (Lab - City of Durham) - 27 Jan 2025
Maya Ellis (Lab - Ribble Valley) - 27 Jan 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 27 Jan 2025
Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) - 03 Feb 2025
Anneliese Midgley (Lab - Knowsley) - 03 Feb 2025
John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) - 03 Feb 2025
Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) - 03 Feb 2025
Blair McDougall (Lab - East Renfrewshire) - 03 Feb 2025
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Apsana Begum (Lab - Poplar and Limehouse) - 03 Feb 2025
Scott Arthur (Lab - Edinburgh South West) - 03 Feb 2025
Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) - 10 Feb 2025
Uma Kumaran (Lab - Stratford and Bow) - 10 Feb 2025
Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) - 10 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 10 Feb 2025
Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 10 Feb 2025
Kenneth Stevenson (Lab - Airdrie and Shotts) - 13 Feb 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 13 Feb 2025
Derek Twigg (Lab - Widnes and Halewood) - 10 Mar 2025
Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool West Derby) - 10 Mar 2025
Mary Glindon (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend) - 10 Mar 2025
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 17

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 9, page 6, line 27, leave out paragraph (b)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 28

Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 21 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Mary Kelly Foy (Lab - City of Durham) - 27 Jan 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 27 Jan 2025
John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) - 03 Feb 2025
Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 13 Feb 2025
Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 13 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Mike Wood (Con - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire) - 13 Feb 2025
Opposition Whip (Commons)

Mike Amesbury - 13 Feb 2025
Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) - 13 Feb 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 13 Feb 2025
Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 13 Feb 2025
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck - 13 Feb 2025
Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) - 13 Feb 2025
Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) - 13 Feb 2025
Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) - 13 Feb 2025
Desmond Swayne (Con - New Forest West) - 13 Feb 2025
Kenneth Stevenson (Lab - Airdrie and Shotts) - 13 Feb 2025
Derek Twigg (Lab - Widnes and Halewood) - 13 Feb 2025
Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool West Derby) - 13 Feb 2025
Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 13 Feb 2025
Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) - 13 Feb 2025
Sean Woodcock (Lab - Banbury) - 13 Feb 2025
Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 13 Feb 2025
Lillian Jones (Lab - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) - 13 Feb 2025
Chris Webb (Lab - Blackpool South) - 13 Feb 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 38

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 9, page 6, line 27, leave out "capacity" and insert "ability"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 21 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 39

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 9, page 6, line 31, leave out “capability” and insert "ability"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 21 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 18

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 9, page 6, line 32, leave out "or (b)"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 28

Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 21 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Mary Kelly Foy (Lab - City of Durham) - 27 Jan 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 27 Jan 2025
John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) - 03 Feb 2025
Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 05 Feb 2025
Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) - 05 Feb 2025
Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 13 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Mike Wood (Con - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire) - 13 Feb 2025
Opposition Whip (Commons)

Mike Amesbury - 13 Feb 2025
Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) - 13 Feb 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 13 Feb 2025
Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 13 Feb 2025
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck - 13 Feb 2025
Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) - 13 Feb 2025
Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) - 13 Feb 2025
Desmond Swayne (Con - New Forest West) - 13 Feb 2025
Kenneth Stevenson (Lab - Airdrie and Shotts) - 13 Feb 2025
Derek Twigg (Lab - Widnes and Halewood) - 13 Feb 2025
Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool West Derby) - 13 Feb 2025
Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 13 Feb 2025
Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) - 13 Feb 2025
Sean Woodcock (Lab - Banbury) - 13 Feb 2025
Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 13 Feb 2025
Lillian Jones (Lab - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) - 13 Feb 2025
Chris Webb (Lab - Blackpool South) - 13 Feb 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 19

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 9, page 6, line 34, leave out "or (b)"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 28

Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 21 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Mary Kelly Foy (Lab - City of Durham) - 27 Jan 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 27 Jan 2025
John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) - 03 Feb 2025
Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 13 Feb 2025
Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 13 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Mike Wood (Con - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire) - 13 Feb 2025
Opposition Whip (Commons)

Mike Amesbury - 13 Feb 2025
Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) - 13 Feb 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 13 Feb 2025
Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 13 Feb 2025
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck - 13 Feb 2025
Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) - 13 Feb 2025
Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) - 13 Feb 2025
Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) - 13 Feb 2025
Desmond Swayne (Con - New Forest West) - 13 Feb 2025
Kenneth Stevenson (Lab - Airdrie and Shotts) - 13 Feb 2025
Derek Twigg (Lab - Widnes and Halewood) - 13 Feb 2025
Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool West Derby) - 13 Feb 2025
Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 13 Feb 2025
Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) - 13 Feb 2025
Sean Woodcock (Lab - Banbury) - 13 Feb 2025
Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 13 Feb 2025
Lillian Jones (Lab - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) - 13 Feb 2025
Chris Webb (Lab - Blackpool South) - 13 Feb 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 40

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 12, page 8, line 2, leave out "capacity" and insert "the ability"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 21 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 26

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 12, page 8, line 13, after “coerced” insert “, unduly influenced"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) - 21 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 41

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 13, page 9, line 31, leave out "capacity" and insert "ability"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 21 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 27 Feb 2025
Amendment 27

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 13, page 9, line 33, after “coerced” insert “, unduly influenced"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) - 21 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Feb 2025
Amendment 42

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 18, page 12, line 23, leave out "capacity" and insert "the ability"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 21 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 28

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 18, page 12, line 26, after “coerced” insert “, unduly influenced"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) - 21 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 05 Mar 2025
Amendment 22

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 19, page 13, line 32, at end insert— "(5A) Regulations under subsection (2)(b) must specify that training in respect of domestic abuse, including coercive control and financial abuse is mandatory.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 27

Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 21 Jan 2025
Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 21 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 21 Jan 2025
Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 27 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 27 Jan 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 27 Jan 2025
James Frith (Lab - Bury North) - 27 Jan 2025
Mary Kelly Foy (Lab - City of Durham) - 27 Jan 2025
Maya Ellis (Lab - Ribble Valley) - 27 Jan 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 27 Jan 2025
Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) - 03 Feb 2025
Anneliese Midgley (Lab - Knowsley) - 03 Feb 2025
John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) - 03 Feb 2025
Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) - 03 Feb 2025
Blair McDougall (Lab - East Renfrewshire) - 03 Feb 2025
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Apsana Begum (Lab - Poplar and Limehouse) - 03 Feb 2025
Scott Arthur (Lab - Edinburgh South West) - 03 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 10 Mar 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 10 Mar 2025
Uma Kumaran (Lab - Stratford and Bow) - 10 Mar 2025
Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) - 10 Mar 2025
Kenneth Stevenson (Lab - Airdrie and Shotts) - 10 Mar 2025
Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) - 10 Mar 2025
Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 10 Mar 2025
Mary Glindon (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 43

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 30, page 18, line 16, leave out "capacity" and insert "the ability"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 21 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 26 Feb 2025
Amendment 44

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 40, page 23, line 26, leave out from "capacity" and insert "ability"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 21 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Amendment NC1

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

To move the following Clause— "Ability to make decision The person is to be considered as having the ability to make a decision to request assistance to end their life if they can fully understand, use and weigh the relevant information in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State under affirmative resolution."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 7

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 21 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 27 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 27 Jan 2025
Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) - 03 Feb 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 26 Feb 2025
Amendment 29

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 1, page 25, line 22, after “coerced” insert “, unduly influenced"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) - 21 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 45

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 2, page 26, line 36, leave out "capacity" and insert "the ability to make a decision"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 21 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Amendment 30

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Schedule 2, page 27, line 11, after “coerced” insert “, unduly influenced”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) - 21 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 46

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 3, page 28, line 1, leave out "capacity" and insert "the ability to make a decision"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 21 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Amendment 31

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 3, page 28, line 9, after “coerced” insert “, unduly influenced”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) - 21 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 14 Feb 2025
Amendment 32

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 4, page 29, line 5, after “coerced” insert “, unduly influenced"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) - 21 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 47

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 5, page 30, line 14, leave out "capacity" and insert "the ability to make a decision"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 21 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Jan 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 27 Jan 2025
Amendment 33

Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 21 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 5, page 30, line 22, after “coerced” insert “, unduly influenced"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Sarah Bool (Con - South Northamptonshire) - 21 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 48

Tabled: 22 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 22 January 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 2, page 2, line 2, leave out “can reasonably be expected within 6 months” and insert "is expected with reasonable certainty within 6 months, even if the person were to undergo all recommended treatment"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 6

Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 22 Jan 2025
Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 10 Feb 2025
Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) - 10 Feb 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 11 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)
Opposition Amendment 51

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 2, page 2, line 2, leave out from "expected” to end

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 49

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 3, page 2, line 13, at end insert- "(2) The burden of proof for an assessment of a person's capacity is the balance of probabilities as required under section 2(4) of that Act. (3) For the purposes of any such assessment, the principles set out in subsections (2) to (4) of section 1 (The principles) of that Act apply.”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 2

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 10 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 50

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 3, page 2, line 13, at end insert- "(2) An assessment of a person's capacity under this Act must include, but is not limited to, an assessment that the person understands— (a) the options for care and treatment of the terminal illness, including- (i) the extent of prognostic certainty of their illness or condition, and (ii) the likely effects on day-to-day functioning, symptom management, and pathway to and experience of death of— (A) relevant and available care and treatment including palliative care, hospice or other care, (B) withdrawal or absence of care and treatment, and (C) requesting assistance in ending their own life under the terms of this Act. (b) a decision to proceed under this Act does not prevent or make unavailable any care and treatment provision that would normally be provided. (c) the person's decision to proceed under this Act must be theirs alone and not bound or directed by the views or decisions of others. (d) the person is able to change their mind at any stage of the process for requesting assistance to end their own life under the provisions of this Act, regardless of previous decisions. (e) a decision to proceed under this Act will lead to the provision of a substance that is reasonably expected to end someone's life following administration and is reasonably expected to be irreversible. (f) relevant legal consequences from proceeding with a request for assistance to end their own life, including life insurance and categorisation of death certification.”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 12

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 10 Feb 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 10 Feb 2025
Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 10 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 11 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)

Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) - 11 Feb 2025
David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Jack Rankin (Con - Windsor) - 11 Feb 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 25 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 71

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

Clause 4, page 2, line 31, at end insert- "(4A) The practitioner must, following the preliminary discussion under subsection 3, refer that person to the Assisted Dying Agency if the person asks them to do so."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 52

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 5, page 3, line 15, leave out from "State” to end and insert "must specify by regulations, including experience of managing terminal illnesses,”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 72

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 5, page 3, line 16, leave out paragraph (b) and insert- "(b) has been assigned to the person by the Assisted Dying Agency,"

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 4

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)

Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) - 03 Feb 2025
Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) - 03 Feb 2025
Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) - 03 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 53

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 7, page 4, line 8, at end insert— "(ca) has relevant and available palliative care options.”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 8

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 10 Feb 2025
Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 11 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)

David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 54

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 7, page 4, line 17, leave out “(g)” and insert “(h)”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 3

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 21 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 73

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 7, page 4, line 21, leave out paragraphs (b) and (c) and insert- "(b) provide the person who was assessed and the Assisted Dying Agency with a copy of the statement. (3A) Upon receipt of the statement specified in subsection (3)(a), the Assisted Dying Agency must assign to the person, as soon as practicable, another registered medical practitioner who meets the requirements of section 8(6) for the second assessment ("the independent doctor").”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 55

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

Clause 8, page 4, line 33, leave out paragraph (a)

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 56

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED

Clause 8, page 4, line 34, at end insert— "(ba) would not, in the opinion of the independent doctor, be liable for detention under the Mental Health Act 1983."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 57

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 8, Page 5, line 1, leave out subsection (4) and insert— "(4) The independent doctor must, where possible, undertake the second assessment jointly with the coordinating doctor. (4A) If the independent doctor is unable to undertake the second assessment jointly with the coordinating doctor under subsection (4), the independent doctor must confer with the coordinating doctor before completing that assessment.”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 2

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)

Jake Richards (Lab - Rother Valley) - 10 Feb 2025
Assistant Whip
Opposition Amendment 75

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 8, page 5, line 9, leave out "coordinating doctor” and insert "Assisted Dying Agency"

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 58

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 8, page 5, line 14, at end insert- "(aa) is a practitioner approved as having special experience in the diagnosis or treatment of mental disorder for the purposes of subsection (2) of Section 12 (General provisions as to medical recommendations) of the Mental Health Act 1983,"

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 74

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 8, page 5, line 16, at end insert— "(ba) has been assigned to the person by the Assisted Dying Agency,”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 76

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 9, page 6, line 14, leave out paragraph (e)

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 59

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 9, page 6, line 21, leave out subsection (3) and insert- "(3) To inform their assessment, the coordinating doctor must- (a) if they have doubt as to whether the person being assessed is terminally ill, refer the person for assessment by a registered medical practitioner who holds qualifications in or has experience of the diagnosis and management of the illness, disease or condition in question. (b) if they make a referral under paragraph (a), take account of any opinion provided by that other registered medical practitioner.”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 81

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT SELECTED

Page 6, line 42, leave out Clause 10

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 77

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 11, page 7, line 18, after "appointment,” insert "by the Assisted Dying Agency"

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 60

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Page 7, line 25, leave out Clause 12

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 61

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 13, page 9, line 5, leave out from “the” to “has” and insert “First-tier Tribunal"

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 62

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 13, page 9, line 13, leave out from “the” to “or” in line 14 and insert "First-tier Tribunal"

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 78

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 14, page 10, line 7, leave out from “person)” to end of line 12 and insert “the Assisted Dying Agency"

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 63

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 16, page 11, line 12, leave out “the” to “has” and insert “First-tier Tribunal”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 79

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 16, page 11, line 18, leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert- "(1A) The Assisted Dying Agency must, as soon as practicably possible, record the making of the statement or declaration.”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 80

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 17, page 11, line 36, leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert- "(1A) The Assisted Dying Agency must record the cancellation.”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 64

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 18, page 12, line 9, leave out from “the” to “has” and insert “First-tier Tribunal”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 65

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 27, page 16, line 16, leave out “the” to “under” and insert "First-tier Tribunal"

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 66

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 34, page 20, line 40, leave out from “the” to “has” and insert “First-tier Tribunal"

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment NC2

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

To move the following Clause- "Tribunal authorisation (1) Where— (a) a person has made a first declaration under section 5 which has not been cancelled, (b) the coordinating doctor has made the statement mentioned in section 7(3), and (c) the independent doctor has made the statement mentioned in section 8(5), that person may apply to the First-tier Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) for a declaration that the requirements of this Act have been met in relation to the first declaration. (2) On an application under this section, the Tribunal- (a) must make the declaration if it is satisfied of all the matters listed in subsection (3), and (b) in any other case, must refuse to make the declaration. (3) The matters referred to in subsection (2)(a) are that- (a) the requirements of sections 5 to 9 of this Act have been met in relation to the person who made the application, (b) the person is terminally ill, (c) the person has capacity to make the decision to end their own life, (d) the person has relevant and available palliative care options available to them, (e) the person is not liable to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, (f) the person was aged 18 or over at the time the first declaration was made, (g) the person is ordinarily resident in England and Wales and has been so resident for at least 12 months ending with the date of the first declaration, (h) the person is registered as a patient with a general medical practice in England or Wales, (i) the person has a clear, settled and informed wish to end their own life, and (j) the person made the first declaration and the application under this section voluntarily and has not been coerced or pressured by any other person into making that declaration or application. (4) The Tribunal- (a) may hear from and question, in person, the person who made the application for the declaration; (b) must hear from and may question, in person, the coordinating doctor or the independent doctor (or both); (c) for the purposes of paragraph (b), may require the coordinating doctor or the independent doctor (or both) to appear before the tribunal. (5) For the purposes of determining whether it is satisfied of the matters mentioned in subsection (3)(g) and (h), the Tribunal may also- (a) hear from and question any other person; (b) ask a person to report to the Tribunal on such matters relating to the person who has applied for the declaration as it considers appropriate. (6) In considering an application under this section, the panel must consist of— (a) a sitting judge, (b) a medical practitioner, and (c) a lay person. (7) In subsection (4)— (a) in paragraph (a), the reference to the person who made the application includes, in a case where the person's first declaration was signed by a proxy under section 15, that proxy, and (b) "in person" includes by means of a live video link or a live audio link."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment NC3

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

To move the following Clause- "Tribunals in Wales (1) For the purposes of this Act, the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal, in exercising functions under or arising from this Act in relation to Wales, are to be treated as devolved tribunals within the meaning of paragraph 9 of Schedule 7A to the Government of Wales Act 2006. (2) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision relating to the procedure to be followed by the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal in exercising functions under this Act in relation to Wales. (3) Statutory instruments containing regulations made under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of Senedd Cymru."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment NC4

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

To move the following Clause- "Assisted Dying Agency (1) There shall be a body known as the Assisted Dying Agency ("The Agency"). (2) The purpose of the body is to coordinate requests from people to be considered for assisted dying, including assigning, at the appropriate junctures, a coordinating doctor and independent doctor for a person seeking assistance to end their own life. (3) Where a person has previously been referred to the Agency, no future referral relating to that person can be proceeded with by the Agency unless it considers there has been a material change in the person's circumstances. (4) The Secretary of State must make regulations setting out- (a) the staffing and remuneration of such staff, (b) the procedures of the Agency, and (c) the means by which the Agency can pay coordinating doctors and independent doctors for services rendered under this Act. (5) The Agency's expenditure is to be paid out of money provided for by Parliament. (6) The Agency must, for each financial year, prepare accounts in accordance with directions given to it by the Treasury. (7) The Agency's chief executive is its accounting officer. (8) As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each financial year, the Agency must prepare a report about the performance of its functions during that year and lay that report before both Houses of Parliament. (9) Regulations under subsection (4) are subject to the affirmative procedure."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 67

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 4, page 28, line 32, leave out from “The” to "has" and insert "First-tier Tribunal"

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 68

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 5, page 30, line 6, leave out from “the” to “made” and insert "First-tier Tribunal"

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 69

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 5, page 30, line 10, leave out from “the” to end of line and insert “First-tier Tribunal"

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition Amendment 70

Tabled: 27 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 6, page 32, line 3, leave out from “of” to “declaration” and insert “First-tier Tribunal”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 27 Jan 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Amendment 82

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 1, page 1, line 19, after "coerced” insert ", encouraged"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 8

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 28 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 10 Feb 2025
John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) - 11 Feb 2025
Jack Rankin (Con - Windsor) - 11 Feb 2025
David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 94

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 1, page 1, line 20, at end insert ", and (c) is acting for their own sake rather than for the benefit of others.”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 20

James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) - 28 Jan 2025
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) - 03 Feb 2025
Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 10 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 10 Feb 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 10 Feb 2025
Paulette Hamilton (Lab - Birmingham Erdington) - 10 Feb 2025
Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 10 Feb 2025
Diane Abbott (Ind - Hackney North and Stoke Newington) - 10 Feb 2025
James Frith (Lab - Bury North) - 10 Feb 2025
Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) - 10 Feb 2025
Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) - 11 Feb 2025
Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Jack Rankin (Con - Windsor) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 83

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 14, after “coerced” insert “, encouraged"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 28 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 95

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 15, at end insert ", and (h) is acting for their own sake rather than for the benefit of others."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 13

James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) - 28 Jan 2025
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 10 Feb 2025
Paulette Hamilton (Lab - Birmingham Erdington) - 10 Feb 2025
Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Diane Abbott (Ind - Hackney North and Stoke Newington) - 10 Feb 2025
Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) - 10 Feb 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 10 Feb 2025
James Frith (Lab - Bury North) - 10 Feb 2025
Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 21 Feb 2025
Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) - 21 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Education)

Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 21 Feb 2025
Amendment 84

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 8, page 4, line 37, after “coerced” insert “, encouraged"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 28 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 13 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 96

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 8, page 4, line 38, at end insert ", and (f) is acting for their own sake rather than for the benefit of others.”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 13

James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) - 28 Jan 2025
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 10 Feb 2025
Paulette Hamilton (Lab - Birmingham Erdington) - 10 Feb 2025
Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Diane Abbott (Ind - Hackney North and Stoke Newington) - 10 Feb 2025
Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) - 10 Feb 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 10 Feb 2025
James Frith (Lab - Bury North) - 10 Feb 2025
Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 13 Feb 2025
Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) - 13 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Education)

Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 13 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 21 Feb 2025
Amendment 105

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

★ Clause 12, page 8, line 15, leave out subsections (4) and (5) and insert— "(4A) Rules of Court must secure that in relation to an application under subsection (1), the High Court must- (a) prescribe a procedure which in relation to each application appoints a person (the Official Solicitor in cases in brought in England and Wales) to act as advocate to the Court, (b) hear from and question, in person— (i) the person who made the application for the declaration, (ii) the coordinating doctor, (iii) the independent doctor, and (c) consider hearing from and questioning, in person— (i) persons properly interested in the welfare of the person who made the application for the declaration and other persons they are close to, and (ii) any other person who has provided treatment or care for the person being assessed in relation to that person's terminal illness."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 13

Catherine Atkinson (Lab - Derby North) - 28 Jan 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 28 Jan 2025
Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) - 03 Feb 2025
Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) - 03 Feb 2025
John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) - 03 Feb 2025
Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 27 Feb 2025
Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) - 27 Feb 2025
Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 27 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 27 Feb 2025
Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 27 Feb 2025
Kenneth Stevenson (Lab - Airdrie and Shotts) - 27 Feb 2025
Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) - 27 Feb 2025
Mary Glindon (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend) - 27 Feb 2025
Amendment 106

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 12, page 8, line 30, leave out “(5)” and insert “(4A)”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 9

Catherine Atkinson (Lab - Derby North) - 28 Jan 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 28 Jan 2025
Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) - 03 Feb 2025
John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) - 03 Feb 2025
Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 10 Feb 2025
Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) - 10 Feb 2025
Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 10 Feb 2025
Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) - 10 Feb 2025
Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 10 Feb 2025
Amendment 107

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 12, page 8, line 44, leave out "(4)" and insert "(4A)"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 11

Catherine Atkinson (Lab - Derby North) - 28 Jan 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 28 Jan 2025
Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) - 03 Feb 2025
John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) - 03 Feb 2025
Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 10 Feb 2025
Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) - 10 Feb 2025
Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 10 Feb 2025
Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) - 10 Feb 2025
Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 10 Feb 2025
Mary Glindon (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend) - 05 Mar 2025
Kenneth Stevenson (Lab - Airdrie and Shotts) - 05 Mar 2025
Amendment 93

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 9, page 6, line 1, leave out "might” and insert “is to"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Neil Shastri-Hurst (Con - Solihull West and Shirley) - 28 Jan 2025
Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 10 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Amendment NC5

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ To move the following Clause— "Encouragement (1) For the purposes of this Act, “encouraged” means an act capable of encouraging suicide which would constitute an offence under section 2 (Criminal liability for complicity in another's suicide) of the Suicide Act 1961. (2) A person is not rendered ineligible to request assistance to end their own life on the basis of- (a) an act of encouragement that they were unaware of when requesting and going through assisted dying, or (b) an act of encouragement which was not specifically directed at that person."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 28 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment NC6

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ To move the following Clause- "Advance decision of no effect An advance decision, made pursuant to sections 24 to 26 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, which stipulates that the maker of the decision, having become incapacitated, wishes to be provided with assistance to end their own life in accordance with this Act, shall be null and void and of no legal effect.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Neil Shastri-Hurst (Con - Solihull West and Shirley) - 28 Jan 2025
Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 28 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 06 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 88

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Schedule 1, page 25, line 22, after "coerced” insert ", encouraged”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 28 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 100

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Schedule 1, page 25, line 22, at end insert— "3A I am doing so for my own sake rather than for the benefit of others.”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 13

James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) - 28 Jan 2025
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 07 Feb 2025
Paulette Hamilton (Lab - Birmingham Erdington) - 07 Feb 2025
Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Diane Abbott (Ind - Hackney North and Stoke Newington) - 11 Feb 2025
Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) - 11 Feb 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 11 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
James Frith (Lab - Bury North) - 11 Feb 2025
Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 11 Feb 2025
Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) - 14 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Education)

Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 14 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 26 Feb 2025
Amendment 89

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Schedule 2, page 27, line 11, after “coerced” insert “, encouraged”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 28 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 101

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Schedule 2, page 27, line 12, at end insert ", and (c) the patient is acting for their own sake rather than for the benefit of others."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 13

James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) - 28 Jan 2025
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 07 Feb 2025
Paulette Hamilton (Lab - Birmingham Erdington) - 07 Feb 2025
Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Diane Abbott (Ind - Hackney North and Stoke Newington) - 11 Feb 2025
Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) - 11 Feb 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 11 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
James Frith (Lab - Bury North) - 11 Feb 2025
Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 11 Feb 2025
Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) - 14 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Education)

Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 14 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 26 Feb 2025
Amendment 90

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Schedule 3, page 28, line 9, after “coerced” insert “, encouraged"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 28 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 102

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Schedule 3, page 28, line 10, at end insert ", and (c) the patient is acting for their own sake rather than for the benefit of others."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 13

James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) - 28 Jan 2025
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 07 Feb 2025
Paulette Hamilton (Lab - Birmingham Erdington) - 07 Feb 2025
Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Diane Abbott (Ind - Hackney North and Stoke Newington) - 11 Feb 2025
Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) - 11 Feb 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 11 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
James Frith (Lab - Bury North) - 11 Feb 2025
Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 11 Feb 2025
Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) - 14 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Education)

Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 14 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 26 Feb 2025
Amendment 91

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Schedule 4, page 29, line 5, after “coerced” insert “, encouraged"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 28 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 103

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Schedule 4, page 29, line 5, at end insert— "7A I am doing so for my own sake rather than for the benefit of others."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 13

James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) - 28 Jan 2025
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 07 Feb 2025
Paulette Hamilton (Lab - Birmingham Erdington) - 07 Feb 2025
Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Diane Abbott (Ind - Hackney North and Stoke Newington) - 11 Feb 2025
Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) - 11 Feb 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 11 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
James Frith (Lab - Bury North) - 11 Feb 2025
Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 11 Feb 2025
Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) - 14 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Education)

Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 14 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 92

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Schedule 5, page 30, line 22, after “coerced” insert “, encouraged”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 28 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 104

Tabled: 28 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 28 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Schedule 5, page 30, line 22, at end insert ", and (d) the patient is acting for their own sake rather than for the benefit of others."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 13

James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) - 28 Jan 2025
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 07 Feb 2025
Paulette Hamilton (Lab - Birmingham Erdington) - 07 Feb 2025
Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Diane Abbott (Ind - Hackney North and Stoke Newington) - 11 Feb 2025
Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) - 11 Feb 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 11 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
James Frith (Lab - Bury North) - 11 Feb 2025
Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 11 Feb 2025
Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) - 14 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Education)

Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 14 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 109

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

★ Clause 1, page 1, line 17, after “and” insert “demonstrably "

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) - 03 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 113

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 1, page 1, line 19, after “coerced” insert “, manipulated"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 123

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

★ Clause 2, page 1, line 23, leave out 'inevitably' and insert 'typically'

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 10 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Amendment 124

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 16, leave out from “practitioner” to end of line 20 and insert "shall discuss assisted dying with a person unless that matter is first raised by that person."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 5

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 10 Feb 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 25 Feb 2025
Amendment 108

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 31, at end insert "and offer to refer them to a registered medical practitioner who specialises in such care for the purpose of further discussion."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 14

Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) - 29 Jan 2025
Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) - 03 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 10 Feb 2025
Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 10 Feb 2025
Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 10 Feb 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 10 Feb 2025
Catherine Atkinson (Lab - Derby North) - 10 Feb 2025
Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) - 10 Feb 2025
John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) - 10 Feb 2025
Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 10 Feb 2025
Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) - 10 Feb 2025
Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 11 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)
Amendment 125

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 35, leave out from start of line to end of line 36 and insert "who is on the Register of Assisted Dying Medical Practitioners.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 127

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 2, leave out "as soon as reasonably practicable” and insert "within 10 working days"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Amendment 110

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 13, after “and” insert “demonstrably"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 114

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 14, after “coerced” insert “, manipulated"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 128

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 23, leave out "as soon as practicable” and insert "within 10 working days"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Amendment 129

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 8, page 4, line 29, leave out "as soon as reasonably practicable," and insert "within 10 working days"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Amendment 111

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 8, page 4, line 36, after “and” insert “demonstrably"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 115

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 8, page 4, line 37, after “coerced” insert “, manipulated"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 112

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 9, page 6, line 13, insert at end— "(da) be satisfied that, in their opinion, the person has demonstrated their understanding of the matters in subsections (2) (b) to 2 (d).”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 85

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

✩ Clause 12, page 8, line 13, after "coerced” insert “, encouraged"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 29 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 13 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 97

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

✩ Clause 12, page 8, line 14, at end insert ", and (i) is acting for their own sake rather than for the benefit of others.”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 13

James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) - 29 Jan 2025
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 10 Feb 2025
Paulette Hamilton (Lab - Birmingham Erdington) - 10 Feb 2025
Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Diane Abbott (Ind - Hackney North and Stoke Newington) - 10 Feb 2025
Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) - 10 Feb 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 10 Feb 2025
James Frith (Lab - Bury North) - 10 Feb 2025
Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 13 Feb 2025
Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) - 13 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Education)

Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 13 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 04 Mar 2025
Amendment 86

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

✩ Clause 13, page 9, line 33, after "coerced” insert “, encouraged"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 29 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 98

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

✩ Clause 13, page 9, line 34, at end insert ", and (e) is acting for their own sake rather than for the benefit of others."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 13

James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) - 29 Jan 2025
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 27 Feb 2025
Paulette Hamilton (Lab - Birmingham Erdington) - 27 Feb 2025
Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 27 Feb 2025
Diane Abbott (Ind - Hackney North and Stoke Newington) - 27 Feb 2025
Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) - 27 Feb 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 27 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 27 Feb 2025
James Frith (Lab - Bury North) - 27 Feb 2025
Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) - 27 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Education)

Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 27 Feb 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 27 Feb 2025
Amendment 130

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 16, page 11, line 19, leave out "as soon as practicable,” and insert “within 10 working days"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Amendment 131

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 16, page 11, line 23, leave out "as soon as practicable,” and insert “within 10 working days"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Amendment 132

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 16, page 11, line 27, leave out "as soon as practicable," and insert "within 10 working days"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Amendment 133

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 17, page 11, line 38, leave out "as soon as practicable,” and insert “within 10 working days"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Amendment 134

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 17, page 12, line 2, leave out “as soon as practicable,” and insert “within 10 working days"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Amendment 135

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 17, page 12, line 5, leave out "as soon as practicable,” and insert “within 10 working days"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Amendment 87

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

✩ Clause 18, page 12, line 26, after “coerced” insert “, encouraged”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 29 Jan 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 05 Mar 2025
Opposition Amendment 99

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

✩ Clause 18, page 12, line 26, at end insert ", and (d) is acting for their own sake rather than for the benefit of others."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 13

James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) - 29 Jan 2025
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 28 Feb 2025
Paulette Hamilton (Lab - Birmingham Erdington) - 28 Feb 2025
Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 28 Feb 2025
Diane Abbott (Ind - Hackney North and Stoke Newington) - 28 Feb 2025
Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) - 28 Feb 2025
Melanie Ward (Lab - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) - 28 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 28 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 28 Feb 2025
James Frith (Lab - Bury North) - 28 Feb 2025
Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) - 28 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Education)

Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 28 Feb 2025
Sarah Smith (Lab - Hyndburn) - 28 Feb 2025
Amendment 136

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 21, page 14, line 12, leave out “as soon as practicable,” and insert “within 10 working days"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Amendment 137

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 21, page 14, line 15, leave out "as soon as practicable,” and insert “within 10 working days"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Amendment 138

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 21, page 14, line 18, leave out "as soon as practicable,” and insert “within 10 working days"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Amendment 139

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 22, page 14, line 27, leave out “as soon as practicable,” and insert “within 10 working days"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Amendment 140

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 22, page 14, line 30, leave out "as soon as practicable,” and insert “within 10 working days"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Amendment 141

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 22, page 14, line 33, leave out "as soon as practicable,” and insert “within 10 working days"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Amendment 126

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 23, page 15, line 5, insert at end- "(1A) Medical practitioners who wish to provide assistance under this Act must "opt-in" to the Register of Assisted Dying Medical Practitioners under clause (Register of Assisted Dying Medical Practitioners)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 116

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 26, page 16, line 3, after "coercion” insert “, manipulation"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 117

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 26, page 16, line 6, after “coercion” insert “, manipulation"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment NC7

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

To move the following Clause- "Register of Assisted Dying Medical Practitioners (1) The Secretary of State must, by regulation, establish a Register of Assisted Dying Medical Practitioners. (2) A medical professional may only carry out the role of co-ordinating doctor or independent doctor under this Act may if they are listed on the Register of Assisted Dying Medical Practitioners. (3) Initial discussions under section 4 may only take place with a registered medical practitioner if they are listed on the Register of Assisted Dying Medical Practitioners. (4) Regulations made under subsection (1) must provide that the Register of Assisted Dying Medical Practitioners includes all registered practitioners other than those to whom the conditions in subsections (5) and (6) apply. (5) The condition in this subsection is that only medical practitioners who have completed such training as required by the Secretary of State by regulation must be listed on the Register. (6) The condition in this subsection is that only medical practitioners who wish to provide assistance under the Act must "opt in” to be listed on the Register. (7) Regulations under subsection (1) and subsection (5) are subject to the affirmative procedure. (8) Before making regulations under subsection (1) and subsection (5), the Secretary of State must consult such persons as they consider appropriate. (9) Regulations under subsection (5) must be laid within six months of the passing of this Act. (10) Regulations under subsection (1) must be laid within twelve months of the passing of this Act.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 26 Feb 2025
Amendment 118

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Schedule 1, page 25, line 22, after “coercion” insert “, manipulated"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 119

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Schedule 2, page 27, line 11, after "coerced” insert “, manipulated"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 120

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Schedule 3, page 28, line 9, after “coerced” insert “, manipulated"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 121

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Schedule 4, page 29, line 5, after “coerced” insert “, manipulated"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 122

Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Schedule 5, page 30, line 22, after 'coerced' insert “manipulated"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 29 Jan 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 142

Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 30 January 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 9, page 6, line 3, after "death” insert "and how it will be administered"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 30 Jan 2025
Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 10 Feb 2025
Amendment 143

Tabled: 30 Jan 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 30 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 10, page 7, line 10, leave out "one referral for a second opinion" and insert "up to two referrals for a second or third opinion,"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 30 Jan 2025
Amendment 144

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

Clause 5, page 3, line 14, leave out "Secretary of State” and insert "appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 145

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 5, page 3, line 24, leave out “Secretary of State” and insert "appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 146

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 6, page 3, line 34, leave out "Secretary of State” and insert “appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 147

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 8, page 5, line 13, leave out "Secretary of State” and insert “appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Tom Gordon (LD - Harrogate and Knaresborough) - 04 Mar 2025
Amendment 148

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 8, page 5, line 28, leave out "Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State” and insert "appropriate authority must consult such persons as the appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Tom Gordon (LD - Harrogate and Knaresborough) - 04 Mar 2025
Amendment 149

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 11, page 7, line 13, leave out "Secretary of State" and insert "appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Tom Gordon (LD - Harrogate and Knaresborough) - 04 Mar 2025
Amendment 150

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 19, page 13, line 21, leave out "Secretary of State" and insert "appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Tom Gordon (LD - Harrogate and Knaresborough) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 151

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 19, page 13, line 31, leave out "Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State” and insert “appropriate authority must consult such persons as the appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Tom Gordon (LD - Harrogate and Knaresborough) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 152

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 20, page 13, line 35, leave out “Secretary of State” and insert “appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Tom Gordon (LD - Harrogate and Knaresborough) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 153

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 28, page 17, line 3, leave out “Secretary of State” and insert "appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Tom Gordon (LD - Harrogate and Knaresborough) - 17 Mar 2025
Amendment 154

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 30, page 18, line 12, leave out "Secretary of State" and insert "appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 155

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 30, page 18, line 31, leave out “Secretary of State” and insert “appropriate authority”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 156

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 30, page 18, line 33, leave out “Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State” and insert "appropriate authority must consult such persons as the appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 157

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 32, page 19, line 21, leave out "Secretary of State" and insert "appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 158

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 32, page 19, line 22, leave out "Secretary of State" and insert "appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 159

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 33, page 19, line 34, leave out "Secretary of State" and insert "appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 160

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 33, page 20, line 16, leave out “Secretary of State” and insert “appropriate authority”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 161

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 35, page 21, line 30, leave out "Secretary of State” and insert “appropriate authority”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 162

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 35, page 21, line 35, at end insert “or the Senedd Cymru (as the case may be)"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 163

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 35, page 22, line 8, leave out “Secretary of State” and insert “appropriate authority”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 164

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 37, page 22, line 30, leave out "Secretary of State” and insert “appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 165

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 38, page 22, line 34, leave out "Secretary of State" and insert "appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 166

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 38, page 22, line 37, leave out "Secretary of State" and insert "appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 167

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 39, page 23, line 9, at end insert “or, where the regulations are to be made by the Welsh Ministers, the Senedd Cymru"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 168

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 39, page 23, line 12, at end insert “or, where the regulations are to be made by the Welsh Ministers, the Senedd Cymru"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 169

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 40, page 23, line 23, at end insert— ""appropriate authority” means- (a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State; (b) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 170

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 42, page 24, line 21, leave out “Secretary of State” and insert "appropriate authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 171

Tabled: 31 Jan 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 31 January 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 42, page 24, line 26, leave out "Secretary of State” and insert “appropriate authority”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 31 Jan 2025
Amendment 172

Tabled: 04 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 4 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 33, page 19, line 34, leave out “may” and insert "must"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 04 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 173

Tabled: 04 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 4 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 33, page 20, line 24, leave out “negative” and insert “affirmative”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 6

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 04 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 11 Feb 2025
Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)

Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 178

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 1, page 1, line 3, after “person” insert “in England or Wales"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 179

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 1, page 1, line 13, after "provided” insert “in England or Wales"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 180

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 1, page 1, line 20, at end insert— "(3) The steps to be taken under sections 5, 7, 8 and 13 must be taken— (a) when the terminally ill person is in England or Wales, and (b) in the case of the steps under sections 7 and 8, by persons in England or Wales."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 181

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 2, page 2, line 8, leave out from “ill” to end of line 10 and insert "only because they are a person with a disability or mental disorder (or both). Nothing in this subsection results in a person not being regarded as terminally ill for the purposes of this Act if (disregarding this subsection) the person meets the conditions in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1).”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Adam Dance (LD - Yeovil) - 25 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 182

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 4, page 2, line 21, after “person” insert "in England or Wales"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 183

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 4, page 2, line 31, at end insert— "(and, accordingly, such a preliminary discussion may not be conducted in isolation from an explanation of, and discussion about, the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c))."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) - 10 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 184

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 5, page 3, line 7, leave out "Schedule 1” and insert “regulations made by the Secretary of State"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) - 10 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury)

Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 185

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 5, page 3, line 14, leave out from “who” to end of line 15 and insert "meets the requirements specified in regulations under subsection (3A)"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) - 10 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury)

Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 186

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 5, page 3, line 23, at end insert— "(3A) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision about the training, qualifications and experience that a registered medical practitioner must have in order to act as the coordinating doctor. (3B) The regulations must include training about- (a) assessing capacity; (b) assessing whether a person has been coerced or pressured by any other person. (3C) Subject to that, the regulations may in particular provide that the required training, qualifications and experience is to be determined by a person specified in the regulations.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) - 10 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury)

Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 187

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 5, page 3, line 24, leave out subsection (4)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 188

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 5, page 3, line 28, leave out subsection (6)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 189

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 6, page 3, line 30, leave out “where a person makes a first declaration” and insert "in relation to the making of a first declaration by a person"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 190

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 6, page 3, line 31, leave out "at the same time as that declaration is made" and insert "before signing that declaration”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 191

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 6, page 3, line 35, at end insert— "(3A) The coordinating doctor may witness the first declaration only if satisfied that the requirements of subsection (2) have been met.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 192

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 6, page 3, line 36, leave out subsection (4)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 193

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 7, page 4, line 8, at end insert— "(ca) is in England and Wales,”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 194

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 7, page 4, line 16, leave out subsection (3) and insert— "(3) After carrying out the first assessment, the coordinating doctor must- (a) make a report about the assessment (which must meet the requirements of regulations under subsection (4)), (b) give a copy of the report to— (i) the person who was assessed (“the assessed person”), and (ii) any other person specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State, and (c) if satisfied as to all of the matters mentioned in subsection (2)(a) to (g), refer the assessed person to another registered medical practitioner"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 195

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 8, page 4, line 40, leave out "statement” and insert "report"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 13 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 196

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 8, page 5, line 4, leave out subsection (5) and insert— "(5) After carrying out the second assessment, the independent doctor must- (a) make a report about the assessment (which must meet the requirements of regulations under subsection (5A), and (b) give a copy of the report to—"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 197

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 8, page 5, line 13, leave out paragraph (a) and insert— "(a) meets the requirements specified in regulations under subsection (6A),”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) - 10 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury)

Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 198

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 8, page 5, line 25, at end insert— "(6A) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision about the training, qualifications and experience that a registered medical practitioner must have in order to carry out the functions of the independent doctor. (6B) The regulations must include training about- (a) assessing capacity; (b) assessing whether a person has been coerced or pressured by any other person. (6C) Subject to that, the regulations may in particular provide that the required training, qualifications and experience is to be determined by a person specified in the regulations."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) - 10 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury)

Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 199

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 8, page 5, line 28, leave out subsection (8)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 13 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 200

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 8, page 5, line 30, leave out subsection (9)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) - 13 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury)
Sponsor Amendment 201

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO ON DIVISION

Clause 9, page 5, line 36, leave out "and their medical records" and insert ", examine such of their medical records as appear to the assessing doctor to be relevant,”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 174

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 9, page 6, line 26 insert at end— "(ab) must refer the person for assessment by two social workers who are registered with Social Work England or Social Care Wales in order to provide an opinion on matters related to coercion and pressure."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Brian Mathew (LD - Melksham and Devizes) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 202

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 9, page 6, line 31, leave out “capability” and insert “capacity”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Amendment 175

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 9, page 6, line 32, after “(3)(a)” insert ", (ab)"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Brian Mathew (LD - Melksham and Devizes) - 05 Feb 2025
Amendment 176

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 9, page 6, line 34, after “(3)(a)” insert “, (ab)”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Brian Mathew (LD - Melksham and Devizes) - 05 Feb 2025
Amendment 177

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 9, page 6, line 36, after “(3)(a)” insert "or (ab)"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Brian Mathew (LD - Melksham and Devizes) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 203

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 10, page 6, line 42, at end insert— "(A1) This section applies where the independent doctor has— (a) carried out the second assessment, and (b) made a report stating that they are not satisfied as to all of the matters mentioned in section 8(2)(a) to (e)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 13 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 204

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 10, page 6, line 43, leave out from beginning to second "the" in line 44

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 13 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 205

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 10, page 7, line 11, at end insert “; but this is subject to subsection (4). (4) Where— (a) a referral is made under subsection (1) to a practitioner, (b) the practitioner dies or through illness is unable or unwilling to act as the independent doctor, and (c) no report under section 8 has been made by virtue of the referral, a further referral may be made under subsection (1).”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 13 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 206

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 11, page 7, line 24, leave out subsection (3)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 207

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 13, page 9, line 20, leave out “Schedule 4” and insert “regulations made by the Secretary of State”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 27 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 208

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 13, page 9, line 38, leave out “Schedule 5” and insert “regulations made by the Secretary of State”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 209

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 16, page 11, line 8, leave out paragraphs (b) and (c) and insert— "(b) a report about the first assessment of a person is made under section 7; (c) a report about the second assessment of a person is made under section 8;"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 210

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 19, page 13, line 22, at end insert— “(2A) Regulations under subsection (2)(b) may in particular provide that the required training, qualifications or experience is to be determined by a person specified in the regulations."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) - 10 Mar 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 10 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 211

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 19, page 13, line 31, leave out subsection (5)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 10 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 212

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 19, page 13, line 33, leave out subsection (6)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 213

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 20, page 13, line 39, leave out subsection (3)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 214

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 21, page 14, line 9, leave out “Schedule 6” and insert "regulations made by the Secretary of State"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 10 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 215

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 28, page 17, line 11, leave out subsection (3)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 216

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 30, page 18, line 37, leave out subsection (4)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 217

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 30, page 18, line 38, leave out “that procedure” and insert "section 39”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 218

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 32, page 19, line 31, leave out subsection (4)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 219

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 33, page 20, line 24, leave out subsection (5)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 220

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 34, page 20, line 36, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert— "(a) a report about the first assessment of a person does not contain a statement indicating that the coordinating doctor is satisfied as to all of the matters mentioned in section 7(2)(a) to (g); (b) a report about the second assessment of a person does not contain a statement indicating that the independent doctor is satisfied as to all of the matters mentioned in section 8(2)(a) to (e);"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 221

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was NOT SELECTED

Page 22, line 29, leave out Clause 37

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 222

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 38, page 23, line 1, leave out subsection (2)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 223

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 39, page 23, line 4, after “purposes” insert “, and (b) incidental, consequential, transitional or saving provision.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 224

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 39, page 23, line 6, leave out subsections (3) to (5) and insert— (5A) The Secretary of State may not make a statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under section 5, 8, 30(3) or 32 unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament. (5B) Any other statutory instrument made by the Secretary of State containing regulations under this Act is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 225

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 40, page 23, leave out line 23

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 226

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 40, page 23, leave out line 37

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment NC8

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was ADDED

To move the following Clause— "Duty to consult before making regulations (1) Before making regulations under section 5, 7, 8, 13, 19 or 21, the Secretary of State must consult- (a) the Commission for Equality and Human Rights, and (b) such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (2) The persons to be consulted under subsection (1)(b) must include (a) persons appearing to the Secretary of State to have expertise in matters relating to whether persons have capacity, and"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 227

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was NOT SELECTED

Page 25, line 2, leave out Schedule 1

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 228

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was NOT SELECTED

Page 26, line 11, leave out Schedule 2

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 229

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was NOT SELECTED

Page 27, line 15, leave out Schedule 3

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 14 Mar 2025
Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 230

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was NOT SELECTED

★ Page 28, line 13, leave out Schedule 4

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 231

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Page 29, line 25, leave out Schedule 5

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 232

Tabled: 05 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Page 30, line 32, leave out Schedule 6

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 05 Feb 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 248

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 1, page 1, line 9, after "declaration” insert "or (ii) a British Citizen who was ordinarily resident in England or Wales within the last 5 years."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Claire Hazelgrove (Lab - Filton and Bradley Stoke) - 06 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 235

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 1, page 1, line 20, at end insert ", and (c) is acting for the primary purpose of avoiding physical pain.”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 11

Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 10 Feb 2025
Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Jack Rankin (Con - Windsor) - 11 Feb 2025
Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 246

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 2, page 1, line 23, after “progressive” insert “physical”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Claire Hazelgrove (Lab - Filton and Bradley Stoke) - 06 Feb 2025
Sojan Joseph (Lab - Ashford) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 234

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 2, page 2, line 2, leave out “within 6 months” and insert— "(i) in the case of a neurodegenerative illness, disease, or medical condition, within 12 months; or (ii) in the case of any other illness, disease, or medical condition, within 6 months."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 10

Tom Gordon (LD - Harrogate and Knaresborough) - 06 Feb 2025
Siân Berry (Green - Brighton Pavilion) - 06 Feb 2025
Green Spokesperson (Crime and Policing)

Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Stamford) - 06 Feb 2025
Opposition Whip (Commons)

Anna Sabine (LD - Frome and East Somerset) - 06 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport)

Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 06 Feb 2025
Neil Duncan-Jordan (Ind - Poole) - 06 Feb 2025
Cat Eccles (Lab - Stourbridge) - 06 Feb 2025
Lizzi Collinge (Lab - Morecambe and Lunesdale) - 06 Feb 2025
Vikki Slade (LD - Mid Dorset and North Poole) - 06 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Tessa Munt (LD - Wells and Mendip Hills) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 247

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 2, page 2, line 4, after “progressive” insert "physical"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Claire Hazelgrove (Lab - Filton and Bradley Stoke) - 06 Feb 2025
Sojan Joseph (Lab - Ashford) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 270

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 25, at end insert— "(3A) Before conducting a preliminary discussion under subsection (2) the registered medical practitioner must ensure that the person has no remediable suicide risk factors which pose a significant risk to their life."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 13

Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) - 06 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 10 Feb 2025
Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 10 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

John Cooper (Con - Dumfries and Galloway) - 11 Feb 2025
Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) - 11 Feb 2025
David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Jack Rankin (Con - Windsor) - 11 Feb 2025
Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 11 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)
Amendment 275

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 30, leave out "any available” and insert "all appropriate"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Lewis Atkinson (Lab - Sunderland Central) - 06 Feb 2025
Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) - 10 Feb 2025
Amendment 276

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 32, at end insert— "(4A) A medical practitioner must not conduct a preliminary discussion with a person under subsection (3) until a period of 28 days has elapsed, beginning with the day the person had received a diagnosis of the terminal illness.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 06 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 04 Mar 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 04 Mar 2025
Amendment 271

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 5, page 3, line 5, at end insert— "(1A) A person may not sign a first declaration within six months of being diagnosed with a condition which meets the requirements of section (2)(1)(a) unless they have received a psychosocial intervention in relation to their diagnosis with that condition. (1B) The Secretary of State may, by regulations, create exceptions to the provisions of subsection (1A). (1C) Regulations under subsection (1B) are subject to the affirmative procedure.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 11

Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) - 06 Feb 2025
Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 10 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 10 Feb 2025
John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) - 03 Mar 2025
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

John Cooper (Con - Dumfries and Galloway) - 03 Mar 2025
Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 03 Mar 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 03 Mar 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 03 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)

Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) - 03 Mar 2025
Jack Rankin (Con - Windsor) - 03 Mar 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 03 Mar 2025
Amendment 277

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 5, page 3, line 12, at end insert— "(2A) A person may not make a first declaration under subsection (1) until 28 days have elapsed, beginning with the day they received a diagnosis of the terminal illness."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 06 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 236

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 15, at end insert ", and (h) is acting for the primary purpose of avoiding physical pain."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 3

Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 257

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 15, at end insert— "and that there is no real risk that the criteria in paragraphs (a) to (g) have not been met."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 4

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 265

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT SELECTED

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 18, leave out “must” and insert "may"

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 4

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 21 Feb 2025
Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 21 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 21 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 237

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 8, page 4, line 38, at end insert ", and (f) is acting for the primary purpose of avoiding physical pain."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 3

Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 13 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 13 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 258

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 8, page 4, line 38, at end insert— "and that there is no real risk that the criteria in paragraphs (a) to (e) have not been met."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 2

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 13 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 266

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT SELECTED

★ Clause 8, page 5, line 7, leave out “must” and insert "may"

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 2

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 13 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 268

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 9, page 6, line 41, at end insert— "(6) Where the assessing doctor declines to sign the relevant statement, they must set out their reasons for doing so in a statement to the relevant Chief Medical Officer who shall ensure that it is made available to any other assessing doctor and to the Court."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 2

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 13 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 267

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 12, page 7, line 37, after “(3)”" insert "unless it believes that there are particular circumstances which make it inappropriate for the person to be assisted to end their own life"

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 4

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 13 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 13 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 21 Feb 2025
Amendment 250

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 12, page 8, line 7, after “declaration” insert “or (ii) a British Citizen who was ordinarily resident in England or Wales within the last 5 years."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Claire Hazelgrove (Lab - Filton and Bradley Stoke) - 06 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 238

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 12, page 8, line 14, at end insert ", and (i) is acting for the primary purpose of avoiding physical pain."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 3

Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 04 Mar 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 04 Mar 2025
Opposition Amendment 259

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 12, page 8, line 14, at end insert— "and that there is no real risk that the criteria in paragraphs (b) to (h) have not been met."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
Amendment 252

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 12, page 8, line 34, at end insert— "(7A) Where a court considers it appropriate for medical reasons, it may make provision for the use of pre-recorded audio or video material for the purposes of subsection (5)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Claire Hazelgrove (Lab - Filton and Bradley Stoke) - 06 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 269

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 12, page 8, line 35, leave out subsections (8) to (11) and insert— "(8) Any party to the proceedings may apply for permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal in accordance with the applicable Rules of Court."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
Opposition Amendment 239

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 13, page 9, line 34, at end insert ", and (e) is acting for the primary purpose of avoiding physical pain."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 3

Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 05 Mar 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 05 Mar 2025
Opposition Amendment 260

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 13, page 9, line 34, at end insert— "and that there is no real risk that the criteria in paragraphs (a) to (d) have not been met."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
Amendment 253

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 15, page 11, line 3, at end insert— "(6) For the purposes of this section "declaration” includes the cancellation of a declaration."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Claire Hazelgrove (Lab - Filton and Bradley Stoke) - 06 Feb 2025
Amendment 273

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 29, page 17, line 33, at end insert— "(1A) Regulations under subsection (1) must specify that the following information is collected for each assisted death- (a) the person's age, (b) the person's gender, (c) the person's ethnicity, (d) the postcode of the person's address at the time of their death, (e) whether the person had a disability for the purposes of section 6 of the Equality Act 2010 (Disability), and (f) any illness, disease or medical condition the person had that was deemed terminal for the purposes of section 2."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 06 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment 272

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 30, page 18, line 32, at end insert— "(f) the form of the psychosocial intervention required under section 5(1A)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) - 06 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 274

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 34, page 20, line 43, at end insert— "(2A) The Chief Medical Officer's report must include an analysis based on information— (a) provided to them under section (Collection of information on assistance), (b) information required by regulations made under section 39B of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (Regulations: assisted dying)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 06 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment 256

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 18, page 12, line 26, at end insert- "(4A) Where the coordinating doctor does not believe that the person has capacity to make the decision to end their own life by virtue of having a mental disorder or disability, the doctor shall refer the person

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) - 06 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment NC9

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

To move the following Clause- "Advertising offences: services of coordinating and independent doctors (1) A person who in the course of a business publishes an advertisement, or causes one to be published, for services outlined in subsection (4), is guilty of an offence. (2) A person who in the course of a business prints, devises or distributes an advertisement for the promotion of services for the services outlined in subsection (4), or causes such an advertisement to be so printed, devised or distributed, is guilty of an offence. (3) Distributing an advertisement includes transmitting it in electronic form, participating in doing so, and providing the means of transmission. (4) The services outlined in this subsection are- (a) acting as a coordinating doctor under this Act; (b) acting as an independent doctor under this Act. (5) A person guilty of an offence under this section liable- (a) on summary conviction to a fine; (b) on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or a fine, or both.”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 6

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 06 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 06 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Education)

Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 06 Feb 2025
David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment NC10

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

To move the following Clause— "Collection of information on assistance (1) The coordinating doctor must, following the provision of assistance under section 18, record information on- (a) how the process of providing assistance was carried out, (b) the time taken from the ingestion or administration of the substance provided under section 18 to the time of death, and (c) any complications or unforeseen circumstances that arose in connection with the ingestion or administration of the substance and how those were managed. (2) The record created under subsection (1) must be made available to the relevant Chief Medical Officer. (3) In this section "coordinating doctor” includes a doctor authorised by the coordinating doctor to provide assistance under section 19."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 06 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment 254

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Schedule 1, page 25, line 20, at end insert— "(2A) I understand that, for the assistance to be provided, the High Court or Court of Appeal must make a declaration under the 2024 Act.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Claire Hazelgrove (Lab - Filton and Bradley Stoke) - 06 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 241

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 1, page 25, line 22, at end insert— "ЗА I wish to be provided with assistance to end my own life for the primary purpose of avoiding physical pain."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 3

Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 251

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Schedule 2, page 27, line 6, after "declaration” insert “or is a British Citizen who was ordinarily resident in England or Wales within the last 5 years."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Claire Hazelgrove (Lab - Filton and Bradley Stoke) - 06 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 242

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 2, page 27, line 12, at end insert ", and (c) is acting for the primary purpose of avoiding physical pain."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 3

Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 262

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 2, page 27, line 12, at end insert— "and that there is no real risk that the criteria in paragraphs (a) and (b) have not been met."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
Opposition Amendment 243

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 3, page 28, line 10, at end insert ", and (c) is acting for the primary purpose of avoiding physical pain."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 3

Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 263

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 3, page 28, line 10, at end insert- "and that there is no real risk that the criteria in paragraphs (a) and (b) have not been met."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
Opposition Amendment 244

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 4, page 29, line 5, at end insert— "7A I make this second declaration for the primary purpose of avoiding physical pain."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 3

Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 245

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 5, page 30, line 22, at end insert ", and (d) the patient is acting for the primary purpose of avoiding physical pain."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 3

Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Amendment 264

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 5, page 30, line 22, at end insert- "and that there is no real risk that the criteria in paragraphs (a) to (c) have not been met."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 2

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 06 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Sojan Joseph (Lab - Ashford) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 255

Tabled: 06 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 6, page 32, line 13, at end insert— "Means of administration of approved substance "

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Claire Hazelgrove (Lab - Filton and Bradley Stoke) - 06 Feb 2025
Amendment 353

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

★ Clause 1, page 1, line 12, at end insert ", and (e) is not a prisoner"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 8

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) - 11 Feb 2025
Jack Rankin (Con - Windsor) - 11 Feb 2025
David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 356

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 1, page 1, line 12, at end insert ", and (e) is not homeless within the meaning of section 175 of the Housing Act 1996 (Homelessness and threatened homelessness)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 9

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) - 11 Feb 2025
Jack Rankin (Con - Windsor) - 11 Feb 2025
David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 281

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 1, page 1, line 20, at end insert— "(c) has met with a palliative care specialist for the purposes of being informed about the medical and care support options."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 11

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 11 Feb 2025
Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 11 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)

Frank McNally (Lab - Coatbridge and Bellshill) - 20 Feb 2025
Tom Morrison (LD - Cheadle) - 20 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Deputy Chief Whip

Peter Lamb (Lab - Crawley) - 20 Feb 2025
Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) - 20 Feb 2025
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck - 20 Feb 2025
Dawn Butler (Lab - Brent East) - 20 Feb 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 20 Feb 2025
Lillian Jones (Lab - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) - 20 Feb 2025
Amendment 282

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 2, page 2, line 2, leave out "reasonably be expected within 6 months”, and insert "be expected with reasonable certainty within one month, even if the person were to undergo all recommended treatment."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 283

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 2, page 2, line 10, at end insert “or one or more comorbidities alongside a mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1983"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 11 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)
Amendment 322

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 3, page 2, line 13, at end insert "except that- (a) for the purposes of an assessment of capacity under this Act, a person must be assumed not to have capacity unless it is established they do have capacity, and (b) section 1(3) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 shall not apply."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 07 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 318

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 3, page 2, line 13, at end insert- "(2) The following provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 shall not apply to this Act- (a) sections 1(2) to (4), (b) sections 2(1), (2) and (4). (3) A person shall be considered not to have the capacity to make a decision to end their own life unless it is proven beyond reasonable doubt that they do have that capacity. (4) If the person is only partially able to do one of things mentioned in section 3(1) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 they shall be deemed not to have capacity to make a decision to end their own life. (5) A person can be held not to have capacity to make a decision to end their own life even if their inability to do the things mentioned in section 3(1) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 is not the result of an impairment of, or a disturbance in the functioning of, the mind or brain.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 07 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 278

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 17, leave out from beginning to “nothing” in line 18 and insert— "(1A) No registered medical practitioner may raise the subject of the provision of assistance in accordance with this Act with a person if that person has made an advanced decision which has been recorded in their medical records that they will not in future wish to seek assistance under this Act. (1B) The provisions in subsection (1A) do not prevent a person indicating to a registered medical practitioner that they wish to change their previous decision and seek assistance under the Act if they have the capacity to do so. (2) Other than the condition in subsection (1A),"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Tessa Munt (LD - Wells and Mendip Hills) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 319

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 20, after “person” insert “who has attained the age of 18"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 5

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 07 Feb 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 11 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) - 11 Feb 2025
Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 11 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)
Amendment 339

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 20, after "person,” insert ", unless that person has a learning disability or is autistic, in which case- (a) the person must be provided with accessible information and given sufficient time to consider it; and (b) at least one of a- (i) supporter, or (ii) independent advocate; must be present for the discussion.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 8

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 07 Feb 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 11 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) - 11 Feb 2025
Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 11 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)

Mary Glindon (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend) - 25 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 25 Feb 2025
Adam Dance (LD - Yeovil) - 25 Feb 2025
Amendment 320

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 21, after "person” insert “who has attained the age of 18"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 5

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 07 Feb 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 11 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) - 11 Feb 2025
Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 11 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)
Amendment 342

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 23, leave out from “may” to “to)” and insert “must”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 07 Feb 2025
Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 11 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)
Amendment 285

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 28, leave out paragraphs (a) to (c) and insert- "(a) the person's diagnosis and prognosis, in consultation with a specialist in the relevant illness, disease or medical condition, (b) any treatment available and the likely effect of it, in consultation with a specialist in the provision of such treatment, (c) any palliative, hospice or other care, including symptom management and psychological support, in consultation with a specialist in palliative care."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 11 Feb 2025
Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 11 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)
Amendment 343

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 28, at end insert “, including any relevant probabilities and uncertainties surrounding the person's diagnosis and prognosis."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 07 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Amendment 344

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 29, at end insert", including the risks and benefits of such treatment, potential side effects, and the impact of the treatment on the person's quality and length of life."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 07 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
Amendment 345

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 31, at end insert- "(4A) If a registered medical practitioner conducts such a preliminary discussion with a person, the practitioner must record and document the discussion and the information provided to the patient in their medical record and provide a copy to the patient.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 07 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 11 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)
Opposition Amendment 341

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 33, leave out from "subsection (3)" to the end of line 36 and insert "is not required to refer the person to another medical practitioner but must ensure that the person is directed to where they can obtain information and have the preliminary discussion."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 6

Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) - 07 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 10 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 338

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 34, leave out from "to do so” to end and insert "direct them to another registered medical practitioner or the independent information and referral service” established under section [Independent information and referral service]"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 07 Feb 2025
Peter Swallow (Lab - Bracknell) - 11 Feb 2025
Mary Glindon (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend) - 20 Feb 2025
Amendment 287

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 34, leave out from “practitioner” to end of line 36, and insert “who is qualified to undertake such a preliminary discussion, and set out palliative medicine options to provide the patient with appropriate end of life care, including referring them to a palliative medicine expert.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 11 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)
Amendment 288

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 36, at end insert— "(6) All efforts to dissuade the person from ending their own life must be recorded in the clinical records and subsequently made available to the medical examiner."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Sean Woodcock (Lab - Banbury) - 04 Mar 2025
Amendment 323

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 5, page 3, line 7, leave out paragraph (a)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 289

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 5, page 3, line 11, leave out "another person” and insert “another registered clinician”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 324

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 5, page 3, line 12, at end insert— "(2A) A first declaration must include the following information- (a) the name and address of the person; (b) the NHS number of the person; (c) the contact details for the general medical practice at which the person is registered; (d) a declaration that the person is eligible to end their life under this Act; (e) a declaration by the person that they wish to be provided with assistance under this Act; (f) a declaration by the person that they consent to be assessed by medical practitioners for the purposes of assessments made under this Act; (g) a declaration by the person that are making the first declaration voluntarily and have not been coerced or pressured by any other person into making it; (h) a declaration by the person that they are in full possession of, and understand, the information communicated to them under subsection 4(4); (i) a declaration by the person that they understand that they can cancel their declaration at any time; (j) any other information or declarations as may be set out by the Secretary of State in regulations. (2B) Any regulations made under subsection (2A) must be made under the negative procedure."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 290

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 5, page 3, line 13, at end insert “who is not a physician associate or doctor in any training grade or in postgraduate training or a locum tenens post and—"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 335

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 5, page 3, line 14, leave out "such training” and insert “such specialised training"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 07 Feb 2025
Peter Swallow (Lab - Bracknell) - 11 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 359

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 5, page 3, line 18, at end insert- "(ba) who has conducted the preliminary discussion in accordance with section 4,"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 11 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 360

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

★ Clause 5, page 3, line 23, at end insert- "(e) who, If receiving remuneration for the provision of services in connection with the provision of assistance to that person in accordance with this Act, makes publicly available an annual statement setting out total turnover from the provision of services under this Act and the number of patients assisted, and such other information as the Secretary of State may specify by regulations.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) - 11 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 340

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Line 7, at end insert- "(c) specific and up-to-date training on reasonable adjustments and safeguards for autistic people and people with a learning disability."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 5

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 07 Feb 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 11 Feb 2025
Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) - 11 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 04 Mar 2025
Mary Glindon (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend) - 04 Mar 2025
Amendment 361

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 5, page 3, line 28, at end insert- "(7) Regulations under subsection (3)(e) are subject to the affirmative procedure."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 291

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 6, page 3, line 33, at end insert- "(2A) At least one of the forms of identity required under subsection (2) must contain photographic proof of identity. (2B) The person must, at the same time as that declaration is made, provide proof that they have been resident in the UK for at least a year to the coordinating doctor and the witness mentioned in section 5(2)(c)(ii)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 292

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 6, page 3, line 34, leave out "may" and insert "must"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 293

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 6, page 3, line 36, leave out "negative” and insert "affirmative”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 296

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 2, leave out from “must” to end of line 3, and insert "after a first declaration is made by a person, arrange a time and which is convenient for both the medical practitioner and the person date that does not jeopardise the care of other patients, to carry out the first assessment."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 297

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 3, at end insert- "(1A) Any consultation as part of the assessment must have a full written transcript as its record of the conversation."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 347

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 4, leave out from “ascertain” to “doctor,” in line 5 and insert “ensure that steps have been taken to confirm that"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 294

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 5, after “doctor” insert "based on provided evidence that”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 249

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

☆ Clause 7, page 4, line 10, after "declaration” insert “or (ii) a British Citizen who was ordinarily resident in England or Wales within the last 5 years."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Claire Hazelgrove (Lab - Filton and Bradley Stoke) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 354

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 12, at end insert— "(ea) is not a prisoner,"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 357

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 12, at end insert- "(ea) is not homeless within the meaning of section 175 of the Housing Act 1996 (Homelessness and threatened homelessness)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 299

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 17, after “(g)” insert “and the condition in subsection (4) has been met"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 12

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 21 Feb 2025
Frank McNally (Lab - Coatbridge and Bellshill) - 21 Feb 2025
Tom Morrison (LD - Cheadle) - 21 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Deputy Chief Whip

Peter Lamb (Lab - Crawley) - 21 Feb 2025
Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) - 21 Feb 2025
Dawn Butler (Lab - Brent East) - 21 Feb 2025
Lillian Jones (Lab - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) - 21 Feb 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 21 Feb 2025
Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 21 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)

Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck - 21 Feb 2025
Liz Jarvis (LD - Eastleigh) - 21 Feb 2025
Amendment 325

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 19, leave out from “effect” to the end of line 20

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 295

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 7, page 4, line 26, at end insert “, and (d) collate all evidence provided regarding the condition of the patient in a document to be provided to the Medical Examiner and the relevant Chief Medical Officer after the person has received assistance to die in accordance with this Act."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 326

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 7, page 4, line 26, at end insert- "(d) provide a copy of the statement to any person specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State. (4) A statement made under subsection (3)(a) must include the following information- (a) that the doctor is satisfied that the person has signed a first declaration which has been witnessed in accordance with the requirements of this Act and that this declaration has not been cancelled; (b) that the fact the first declaration has been made has been recorded in the medical records of the person; (c) that they have taken the steps required by this Act with regards to assessment of the person in the form of a report including details of their consideration of the patient's condition and personal circumstances; (d) that they are satisfied that the person in their view meets the eligibility requirements for seeking assistance under the Act; (e) that they are satisfied to the best of their knowledge, the patient has a clear, settled and informed wish to end their own life, and made the first declaration voluntarily and has not been coerced or pressured by any other person into making it; (f) that they have complied with the requirements of subsection 4(4);"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 346

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT SELECTED

Clause 7, page 4, line 26, at end insert- "(d) inform the person's usual or treating doctor and, where relevant, the doctor who referred the person to the coordinating doctor, of the outcome of the assessment."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 298

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 7, page 4, line 26, at end insert- "(4) The coordinating doctor may not take the steps set out in subsection (3) unless they receive confirmation from a palliative care specialist that the person has had a consultation with that specialist about the palliative care options available to them."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 12

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 21 Feb 2025
Frank McNally (Lab - Coatbridge and Bellshill) - 21 Feb 2025
Tom Morrison (LD - Cheadle) - 21 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Deputy Chief Whip

Peter Lamb (Lab - Crawley) - 21 Feb 2025
Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) - 21 Feb 2025
Dawn Butler (Lab - Brent East) - 21 Feb 2025
Lillian Jones (Lab - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) - 21 Feb 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 21 Feb 2025
Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 21 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)

Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck - 21 Feb 2025
Liz Jarvis (LD - Eastleigh) - 21 Feb 2025
Amendment 300

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 8, page 4, line 30, at end insert— “(1A) Any consultation as part of the assessment must have a full written transcript as its record of the conversation.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 349

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT MOVED

Clause 8, page 4, line 31, leave out from “ascertain” to “doctor,” in line 32 and insert “ensure that steps have been taken to confirm that”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 301

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 8, page 4, line 39, leave out “7” and insert "14"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 327

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 8, page 5, line 7, leave out “in the form set out in Schedule 3”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 302

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 8, page 5, line 10, at end insert “and (c) provide details of the way the assessment was conducted and the written transcript of any consultation to the relevant Chief Medical Officer and"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 328

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 8, page 5, line 10, at end insert— "(c) provide a copy of the statement to any person specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State. (5A) The statement made under subsection (5) must include the following information- (a) that they are satisfied that requirements under this Act relating to the first declaration have been met and that the declaration has not been cancelled; (b) that they are satisfied any requirements under this Act regarding the recording of information in medical records relating to the first declaration have been met; (c) that they have discussed with the patient the nature and effect of the first declaration and the nature and effect of them making a second declaration under this Act; (d) that they have taken the steps required by this Act with regards to assessment of the person; (e) that they are satisfied that the person in their view meets the eligibility requirements for seeking assistance under the Act; (f) that they are satisfied to the best of their knowledge, the patient has a clear, settled and informed wish to end their own life, and made the first declaration voluntarily and has not been coerced or pressured by any other person into making it; (g) that they satisfied that the patient is in full possession of, and understands, the information communicated to them under subsection 4(4); (h) any other information or signed declarations as may be set out by the Secretary of State in regulations. (5B) Any regulations made under subsections (5) or (5A) are subject to the negative procedure."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 348

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 8, page 5, line 10, at end insert- "(c) inform the person's usual or treating doctor and, where relevant, the doctor who referred the person to the independent doctor, of the outcome of the assessment."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 07 Feb 2025
Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 10 Mar 2025
Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 303

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 8, page 5, line 12, at end insert- "(aa) has confirmed that no other practitioner has undertaken a second assessment for the same person.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 336

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 8, page 5, line 13, leave out "such training” and insert "such specialised training"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 07 Feb 2025
Peter Swallow (Lab - Bracknell) - 11 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 13 Feb 2025
Mary Glindon (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend) - 21 Feb 2025
Amendment 286

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 9, page 5, line 28, leave out paragraphs (a) to (c) and insert— “(a) the person’s diagnosis and prognosis, in consultation with a specialist in the relevant illness, disease or medical condition, (b) any treatment available and the likely effect of it, in consultation with a specialist in the provision of such treatment, (c) any palliative, hospice or other care, including symptom management and psychological support, in consultation with a specialist in palliative care.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 304

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 9, page 5, line 41, leave out “any available” and insert “the person’s experience of specialist”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 305

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 9, page 6, line 3, after “about death” insert “and any other effects in addition to death.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 362

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 9, page 6, line 3, after "death” insert "and the risk and nature of possible complications including pain"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 306

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 9, page 6, line 6, after “section 18” insert "including the escalation of medical intervention"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 307

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 9, page 6, line 18, leave out from beginning to “advise” and insert “unless the assessing doctor has concluded in good faith, that this would not be in the person's best interests.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 308

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 9, page 6, line 20, at end insert- "(g) If that doctor considers that it is not in the person's best interests under paragraph (f), this decision and the doctor's reasoning must be documented."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 284

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 9, page 6, line 27, leave out from beginning to "refer" in line 28 and insert "must"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Government Amendment 280

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 9, page 6, line 27, after "assessed” insert "or, (ii) the person has a mental health condition;”

Type: Government

Signatures: 1

Jake Richards (Lab - Rother Valley) - 07 Feb 2025
Assistant Whip
Amendment 310

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 11, page 7, line 23, at end insert "and (c) to ensure the High Court is notified of the substitution of the coordinating doctor and the reason for the substitution.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 309

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 11, page 7, line 23, at end insert— “(3) Regulations under subsection (1) must include provision to require the reassessment of the patient under section 7.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 355

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 12, page 8, line 9, at end insert— “(fa) the person is not a prisoner”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 358

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 12, page 8, line 9, at end insert— “(fa) the person is not homeless within the meaning of section 175 of the Housing Act 1996 (Homelessness and threatened homelessness).”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 13 Feb 2025
Amendment 311

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 12, page 8, line 14, at end insert “and (i) the person has had a consultation with a consultant who is a specialist in palliative medicine."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 312

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

Clause 12, page 8, line 34, at end insert- "(7A) Any person who wishes to challenge an application for a declaration under subsection (1) must enter a caveat in any district registry of the High Court within 14 days of the application being lodged or received, stating their belief that the requirements of this Act have not been met in relation to the first declaration, with specific reference to the matters listed in subsection (3). (7B) Where a caveat is entered under subsection (7A), the High Court must hear from the person who has entered the caveat in addition to those persons listed in subsections (5) and (6)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 27 Feb 2025
Amendment 313

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 12, page 9, line 1, leave out subsection (11)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 317

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 13, page 9, line 12, leave out "14" and insert "28"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 314

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 13, page 9, line 17, leave out “48 hours beginning with that day” and insert "7 days beginning with that day and the person must be referred immediately for urgent specialist palliative care."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 315

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 13, page 9, line 17, leave out “48 hours” and insert "7 days”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 329

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 13, page 9, line 20, leave out paragraph (a)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 330

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 13, page 9, line 26, at end insert- "(3A) A second declaration must include the following information— (a) the name and address of the person; (b) the NHS number of the person; (c) the contact details for the general medical practice at which the person is registered; (d) a declaration by the person that they have made a first declaration under this Act; (e) a declaration by the person that the assessing doctors have made the appropriate declarations under this Act together with the dates of those declarations; (f) the details of the declaration made by the High Court or Court of Appeal; (g) a declaration by the person they are eligible to end their life under this Act;"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 316

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 13, page 9, line 36, at end insert— "(5A) If, when making the statement under subsection (5), the definition of “second period of reflection” under subsection (2)(b) applies, the coordinating doctor must make refer the person for urgent specialist palliative care.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 331

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 13, page 9, line 38, leave out paragraph (a)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Amendment 332

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 13, page 9, line 41, at end insert— "(6A) A statement made under subsection (6) must include the following information— (a) a declaration by the coordinating doctor that the person is terminally ill within the meaning of this Act and the nature of the relevant illness, disease or medical condition, (b) details of any relevant declaration made by the High Court or Court of Appeal; (c) a declaration that the coordinating doctor is of the opinion that the person's death is either likely or unlikely to occur before the end of the period of one month beginning with the day on which the declaration was made by the High Court or Court of Appeal under this Act; (d) a declaration that the coordinating doctor is satisfied that the requirements of this Act regarding any period of reflection

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 07 Feb 2025
Government Amendment NC11

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

To move the following Clause- "Information required from GP practice (1) The assessing doctor must write to the GP practice of the person as soon as practicable to inform them that the person is requesting assistance to end their own life under the Act. (2) On receipt of a written communication under subsection (1) a medical practitioner from the person's GP practice must write as soon as practicable to the assessing doctor with any relevant observations and medical records they hold. (3) In so far as they consider it appropriate, a medical practitioner from the person's GP may advise the person to consider discussing the request with their next of kin and other persons they are close to. (4) The assessing doctor must take into account any representation received from a registered medical practitioner from the person's GP practice. (5) Any correspondence received under subsection (2) must be shared with the High Court and, if relevant, the Court of Appeal, before any declaration is made under section 12. (6) In this section "assessing doctor" has the same meaning as under section 9(1).”

Type: Government

Signatures: 1

Jake Richards (Lab - Rother Valley) - 07 Feb 2025
Assistant Whip
Amendment NC12

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

To move the following Clause- "Obligations related to training (1) No registered medical practitioner or other health professional is under any duty to opt in to undertake specialised training wholly or largely relating to the provision of assisted dying in accordance with this Act. (2) No medical practitioner or other health professional who has carried out training as may be specified by the Secretary of State under— (a) section 5(3)(a), (b) section 8(6)(a), or (c) section 19(2)(b), is under any duty to participate in the provision of assisted dying under the terms of this Act."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 07 Feb 2025
Peter Swallow (Lab - Bracknell) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment NC13

Tabled: 07 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

To move the following Clause— "Independent information and referral service (1) The Secretary of State must, by regulations, make provision to establish an independent information and referral service to— (a) provide information to persons who are, or may be, eligible for assisted dying in accordance with this Act, and (b) where requested, facilitate the person's access to assisted dying in accordance with this Act. (2) Regulations under subsection (1) are subject to the affirmative procedure."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 07 Feb 2025
Peter Swallow (Lab - Bracknell) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment None

Tabled: 10 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 5, page 3, line 23, at end insert— "(3A) The Secretary of State must make regulations under subsection 3(a) specifying specific and up to date training on reasonable adjustments and safeguards for autistic people and people with a learning disability."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 10 Feb 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 11 Feb 2025
Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) - 11 Feb 2025
Amendment 321

Tabled: 10 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 15, page 10, line 33, at end insert- "(d) the reason why the person was unable to sign their name."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 10 Feb 2025
Mary Glindon (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend) - 05 Mar 2025
Opposition Amendment 240

Tabled: 10 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 18, page 12, line 26, at end insert ", and (d) is acting for the primary purpose of avoiding physical pain.”

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 3

Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) - 10 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 10 Mar 2025
Opposition Amendment 261

Tabled: 10 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 18, page 12, line 26, at end insert- "and that there is no real risk that the criteria in paragraphs (a) to (c) have not been met."

Type: Opposition

Signatures: 1

Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) - 10 Feb 2025
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
Amendment 350

Tabled: 10 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 February 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

Clause 18, page 12, line 34, at end insert— "(d) subject to subsection (6A), provide additional assistance to administer the substance in the presence of an independent witness. (6A) The coordinating doctor may provide the additional assistance under subsection (6)(d) when- (a) the coordinating doctor is satisfied that the person is permanently and irreversibly unable to self-administer the substance due to- (i) significant risk of choking as a result of dysphagia, or (ii) the loss of use of the limbs; and (b) the person has authorised that the additional assistance be provided.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Michael Payne (Lab - Gedling) - 10 Feb 2025
Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool West Derby) - 05 Mar 2025
Neil Duncan-Jordan (Ind - Poole) - 05 Mar 2025
Tom Gordon (LD - Harrogate and Knaresborough) - 05 Mar 2025
Amendment 351

Tabled: 10 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 18, page 12, line 35, after “substance” insert “or to authorise additional assistance to be provided"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Michael Payne (Lab - Gedling) - 10 Feb 2025
Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool West Derby) - 10 Mar 2025
Neil Duncan-Jordan (Ind - Poole) - 10 Mar 2025
Tom Gordon (LD - Harrogate and Knaresborough) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 352

Tabled: 10 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 18, page 12, line 40, at end insert “, unless the criteria in subsection (6A) are met."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Michael Payne (Lab - Gedling) - 10 Feb 2025
Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool West Derby) - 10 Mar 2025
Neil Duncan-Jordan (Ind - Poole) - 10 Mar 2025
Tom Gordon (LD - Harrogate and Knaresborough) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 337

Tabled: 10 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 19, page 13, line 20, after "such” insert “specialised"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 10 Feb 2025
Peter Swallow (Lab - Bracknell) - 10 Mar 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 333

Tabled: 10 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 21, page 14, line 9, leave out paragraph (a)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Amendment 334

Tabled: 10 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 21, page 14, line 10, at end insert— "(3A) The statement mentioned in subsection (2) must include- (a) the contact details of the coordinating doctor; (b) the name, NHS number and medical practice of the person given assistance under the Act; (c) a declaration that the person was provided with assistance to end their own life in accordance with this Act;"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 10 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 233

Tabled: 10 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 39, page 23, line 6, leave out subsections (3) to (5) and insert- "(5A) The Secretary of State may not make a statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under section 5(3A), 8(6A), 30(3) or 32 unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament. (5B) Any other statutory instrument made by the Secretary of State containing regulations under this Act is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 10 Feb 2025
Amendment 363

Tabled: 11 Feb 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 11 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 7, page 4, line 7, at end insert- "(ba) is not seeking assistance to end their own life because of an impairment of judgment arising from a mental disorder or other condition,”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 8

Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) - 11 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 21 Feb 2025
Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 21 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Peter Lamb (Lab - Crawley) - 21 Feb 2025
Margaret Mullane (Lab - Dagenham and Rainham) - 21 Feb 2025
Helen Maguire (LD - Epsom and Ewell) - 21 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Primary Care and Cancer)

Steff Aquarone (LD - North Norfolk) - 21 Feb 2025
Liz Jarvis (LD - Eastleigh) - 21 Feb 2025
Amendment (a)

Tabled: 11 Feb 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 11 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Line 11, at end insert ", unless they believe that there are particular circumstances which make it inappropriate for the person to be provided with assistance to end their own life."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 11 Feb 2025
Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) - 27 Feb 2025
Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 28 Feb 2025
Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 03 Mar 2025
Amendment 364

Tabled: 11 Feb 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 11 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 8, page 4, line 34, at end insert— "(ba) is not seeking assistance to end their own life because of an impairment of judgment arising from a mental disorder or other condition,”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 7

Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) - 11 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 13 Feb 2025
Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 13 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Peter Lamb (Lab - Crawley) - 13 Feb 2025
Helen Maguire (LD - Epsom and Ewell) - 21 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Primary Care and Cancer)

Steff Aquarone (LD - North Norfolk) - 21 Feb 2025
Liz Jarvis (LD - Eastleigh) - 21 Feb 2025
Amendment 365

Tabled: 11 Feb 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 11 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 9, page 6, line 31, at end insert- "(ba) must, if they think a person may be seeking assistance to end their own life due to an impairment of judgment arising from a mental disorder or other condition, refer the person for assessment by a registered medical practitioner who is registered in the specialism of psychiatry in the Specialist Register kept by the General Medical Council.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 7

Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) - 11 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 13 Feb 2025
Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 13 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Peter Lamb (Lab - Crawley) - 13 Feb 2025
Helen Maguire (LD - Epsom and Ewell) - 24 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Primary Care and Cancer)

Steff Aquarone (LD - North Norfolk) - 24 Feb 2025
Liz Jarvis (LD - Eastleigh) - 24 Feb 2025
Amendment 366

Tabled: 11 Feb 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 11 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 9, page 6, line 32, after “(b)” insert "or (ba)”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 7

Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) - 11 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 12 Feb 2025
Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 12 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Peter Lamb (Lab - Crawley) - 13 Feb 2025
Helen Maguire (LD - Epsom and Ewell) - 21 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Primary Care and Cancer)

Steff Aquarone (LD - North Norfolk) - 21 Feb 2025
Liz Jarvis (LD - Eastleigh) - 21 Feb 2025
Amendment 367

Tabled: 12 Feb 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 12 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

✩ Clause 12, page 8, line 2, at end insert— "(ca) the person is not seeking assistance to end their own life due to an impairment of judgment arising from a mental disorder or other condition."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 7

Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) - 12 Feb 2025
Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 12 Feb 2025
Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 12 Feb 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)

Peter Lamb (Lab - Crawley) - 04 Mar 2025
Helen Maguire (LD - Epsom and Ewell) - 04 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Primary Care and Cancer)

Steff Aquarone (LD - North Norfolk) - 04 Mar 2025
Liz Jarvis (LD - Eastleigh) - 04 Mar 2025
Amendment 368

Tabled: 13 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 13 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 20, after “person” insert “, unless that person has Down syndrome, in which case the registered medical practitioner must be acting in accordance with any statutory guidance issued by the Secretary of State under the Down Syndrome Act 2022 to meet the needs of adults with Down syndrome."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) - 13 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 370

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 9, page 6, line 29, leave out “registered in the specialism of psychiatry” and insert "a practising psychiatrist registered in one of the psychiatry specialisms"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 369

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was NOT SELECTED

★ Page 7, line 25, leave out Clause 12

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 371

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO ON DIVISION

★ Clause 13, page 9, line 5, leave out paragraph (a) and insert— "(a) a certificate of eligibility has been granted in respect of a person, and”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 372

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 13, page 9, line 12, leave out from third “the” to end of line 13 and insert "certificate of eligibility was granted,"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 373

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 13, page 9, line 17, leave out “declaration was made" and insert “certificate was granted"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 374

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 13, page 10, line 2, at end insert- "(8) Where the coordinating doctor has— (a) witnessed a second declaration, or (b) made or refused to make a statement under subsection (5), the doctor must notify the Commissioner and give them a copy of the second declaration or (as the case may be) any statement under subsection (5).”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 375

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 14, page 10, line 9, at end insert- "(1A) Where notice or an indication is given to the coordinating doctor under subsection (1)(a), the doctor must as soon as practicable notify the Commissioner of the cancellation."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 376

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 14, page 10, line 12, after “doctor” insert "and the Commissioner"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 377

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 16, page 11, line 12, leave out paragraph (d) and insert- "(d) a certificate of eligibility has been granted in respect of a person; (da) a panel has refused to grant such a certificate;”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 378

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 18, page 12, line 9, leave out paragraph (a) and insert- "(a) a certificate of eligibility has been granted in respect of a person,”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 379

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 21, page 14, line 10, at end insert- "(3A) The coordinating doctor must, as soon as practicable, give a copy of the final statement to the Commissioner."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 380

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 22, page 14, line 25, at end insert- "(1A) The coordinating doctor must, as soon as practicable, notify the Commissioner that this has happened."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Amendment 394

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 30, page 18, line 24, at end insert— "(ba) the provision of information and support to persons with learning disabilities who are eligible to request assistance to end their own life under this Act, including the role of advocates for such persons;"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 14 Feb 2025
Amendment 395

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 31, page 19, line 8, at end insert- "(2A) The persons consulted under subsection (2) must include persons with learning disabilities."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 14 Feb 2025
Amendment 396

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 31, page 19, line 14, at end insert- "(ba) persons with learning disabilities;"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 381

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 27, page 16, line 16, leave out sub-paragraph (iii) and insert- "(iii) a certificate of eligibility,"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 382

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 34, page 20, line 26, leave out “relevant Chief Medical Officer” and insert "Commissioner"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 383

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 34, page 20, line 29, leave out “the relevant national authority" and insert "an appropriate national authority"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 384

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 34, page 20, line 30, leave out "relevant national" and insert "appropriate national"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 385

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 34, page 20, line 31, leave out "relevant Chief Medical Officer” and insert "Commissioner"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 386

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 34, page 20, line 32, leave out "the relevant” and insert "each appropriate"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 387

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 34, page 20, line 34, leave out “relevant Chief Medical Officer's” and insert "annual"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 388

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 34, page 20, line 40, leave out paragraph (c) and insert- "(c) a panel has refused to grant a certificate of eligibility;"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 389

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 34, page 21, line 1, leave out subsections (3) to (7) and insert- "(3) An appropriate national authority must- (a) publish any report received under this section, (b) prepare and publish a response to any such report, and (c) lay before Parliament or Senedd Cymru (as the case may be) a copy of the report and response. (4) In this section “appropriate national authority” means the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Amendment 397

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 35, page 22, line 5, at end insert- "(ba) an assessment of the impact of this Act on persons with learning disabilities, including any concerns about the operation of this Act in relation to such persons;"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 390

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 40, page 23, line 24, at end insert- ""certificate of eligibility” has the same meaning as in section (Determination by panel of eligibility for assistance);"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 391

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 40, page 23, line 24, at end insert- "“the Commissioner” has the meaning given by section (Voluntary Assisted Dying Commissioner);"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 392

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 40, page 23, line 27, at end insert— ""first assessment” has the same meaning as in section 7; "first declaration” has the same meaning as in section 5;"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 393

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 40, page 24, line 5, at end insert- ""second assessment” has the same meaning as in section 8; "second declaration” has the same meaning as in section 13;”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment NC14

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was ADDED ON DIVISION

To move the following Clause- "Voluntary Assisted Dying Commissioner (1) There is to be a Voluntary Assisted Dying Commissioner. (2) The Commissioner is to be appointed by the Prime Minister. (3) The person appointed must hold or have held office as a judge of- (a) the Supreme Court, (b) the Court of Appeal, or (c) the High Court. (4) The Commissioner's principal functions are— (a) receiving documents made under this Act; (b) making appointments to a list of persons eligible to sit on Assisted Dying Review Panels (see Schedule (Assisted Dying Review Panels)); (c) making arrangements in relation to such panels and referring cases to them (see section (Referral by Commissioner of case to multidisciplinary panel)); (d) determining applications for reconsideration of panel decisions under section (Reconsideration of panel decisions refusing certificate of eligibility); (e) monitoring the operation of this Act and reporting annually on it (see section 34). (5) In this Act “the Commissioner” means the Voluntary Assisted Dying Commissioner. (6) Schedule (The Voluntary Assisted Dying Commissioner) makes provision about the Commissioner."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment NC15

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was ADDED

To move the following Clause- "Referral by Commissioner of case to multidisciplinary panel (1) This section applies where the Commissioner receives— (a) a first declaration made by a person, (b) a report about the first assessment of the person which contains a statement indicating that the coordinating doctor is satisfied as to all of the matters mentioned in section 7(2)(a) to (g), and (c) a report about the second assessment of the person which contains a statement indicating that the independent doctor is satisfied as to all of the matters mentioned in section 8(2)(a) to (e). (2) The Commissioner must, as soon as reasonably practicable, refer the person's case to an Assisted Dying Review Panel for determination of the person's eligibility to be provided with assistance under section 18. (3) But where the Commissioner receives a notification that the first declaration has been cancelled- (a) the Commissioner must not refer the person's case to such a panel, and (b) if the person's case has already been so referred, the Commissioner must notify the panel of the cancellation. (4) Schedule (Assisted Dying Review Panels) makes provision about Assisted Dying Review Panels."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment NC16

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

To move the following Clause- "Determination by panel of eligibility for assistance (1) This section applies where a person's case is referred under section (Referral by Commissioner of case to multidisciplinary panel) or (Reconsideration of panel decisions refusing certificate of eligibility) to an Assisted Dying Review Panel ("the panel"). (2) The panel's function is to determine whether it is satisfied of all of the following matters- (a) that the requirements of sections 5 to 9 have been met in relation to- (i) the first declaration, (ii) the first assessment and the report under section 7 on that assessment, and (iii) the second assessment and the report under section 8 on that assessment; (b) that the person is terminally ill; (c) that the person has capacity to make the decision to end their own life; (d) that the person was aged 18 or over at the time the first declaration was made; (e) that the person is ordinarily resident in England and Wales and has been so resident for at least 12 months ending with the date of the first declaration; (f) that the person is registered as a patient with a general medical practice in England or Wales; (g) that the person has a clear, settled and informed wish to end their own life; (h) that the person made the first declaration voluntarily and was not coerced or pressured by any other person into making that declaration. (3) Subject to the following and to Schedule (Assisted Dying Review Panels), the panel may adopt such procedure as it considers appropriate for the case. (4) The panel— (a) must hear from, and may question, the coordinating doctor or the independent doctor (and may hear from and question both); (b) may hear from and may question the person to whom the referral relates or (in a case to which section 15 applies) their proxy (or both); (c) may hear from and may question any other person; (d) may ask any person appearing to it to have relevant knowledge or experience to report to it on such matters relating to the person to whom the referral relates as it considers appropriate. In paragraphs (a) and (b) the reference to hearing from or questioning a person is to hearing from them, or questioning them, in person or by live video or audio link. (5) The panel— (a) must, if it is satisfied of all of the matters mentioned in subsection (2), grant a certificate to that effect (a “certificate of eligibility”); (b) must refuse to do so in any other case. (6) The panel must notify the following of its decision- (a) the person to whom the referral relates; (b) the coordinating doctor; (c) the Commissioner; (d) any other person specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State. Where it grants a certificate of eligibility, it must give a copy of the certificate to each of these persons. (7) If the panel is notified that the first declaration has been cancelled, it must cease to act in relation to the referral (and, in particular, it may not grant a certificate of eligibility)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment NC17

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was ADDED ON DIVISION

To move the following Clause- "Reconsideration of panel decisions refusing certificate of eligibility (1) This section applies where— (a) a person's case is referred under section (Referral by Commissioner of case to multidisciplinary panel) to an Assisted Dying Review Panel (“the first panel"), and (b) the first panel refuses to grant a certificate of eligibility in respect of the person. (2) The person may apply to the Commissioner for their case to be reconsidered on the ground that the first panel's decision— (a) contains an error of law, (b) is irrational, or (c) is procedurally unfair. (3) The Commissioner must consider an application without a hearing. (4) On the application- (a) if the Commissioner is satisfied that any of the grounds mentioned in subsection (2) applies, they must as soon as reasonably practicable refer the person's case to a different Assisted Dying Review Panel for a fresh determination under section (Determination by panel of eligibility for assistance); (b) in any other case, the Commissioner must dismiss the application. (5) The Commissioner must give reasons, in writing, for their decision. (6) The Commissioner must notify the following of the outcome of the application, and give them a document containing their reasons for their decision— (a) the person who made the application; (b) the coordinating doctor; (c) any other person specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment NS1

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was ADDED

To move the following Schedule— "SCHEDULE "Section (Voluntary Assisted Dying Commissioner) THE VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING COMMISSIONER Status 1 (1) The Commissioner is to be a corporation sole. (2) The Commissioner is not to be regarded as— (a) the servant or agent of the Crown, or (b) as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment NS2

Tabled: 14 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 February 2025

This amendment was ADDED, AS AMENDED

To move the following Schedule— "SCHEDULE ASSISTED DYING REVIEW PANELS Introduction 1 In this Schedule- (a) "referral” means a referral under section (Referral by Commissioner of case to multidisciplinary panel) or (Reconsideration of panel decisions refusing certificate of eligibility) (and similar references are to be construed accordingly); (b) "panel" means an Assisted Dying Review Panel. List of persons eligible to be panel members 2 (1) The Commissioner must make appointments to a list of persons eligible to sit as members of panels. (2) A person may be appointed to the list only if- (a) the person (a “legal member”)— (i) holds or has held high judicial office, (ii) is one of His Majesty's Counsel, or (iii) has (at any time) been requested to act as a judge of the Court of Appeal or the High Court by virtue of section 9(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981, (b) the person (a “psychiatrist member”) is— (i) a registered medical practitioner, (ii) a practising psychiatrist, and (iii) registered in one of the psychiatry specialisms in the Specialist Register kept by the General Medical Council, or (c) the person is registered as a social worker in a register maintained by Social Work England or Social Work Wales (a “social worker member"). (3) In this paragraph "high judicial office” means office as- (a) a judge of the Supreme Court, (b) a judge of the Court of Appeal, or (c) a judge or deputy judge of the High Court. Tenure of persons appointed to list 3 (1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, persons on the list hold and vacate their appointments in accordance with the terms on which they are appointed. (2) An appointment to the list is to be for a period not exceeding five years."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Feb 2025
Amendment 399

Tabled: 21 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 2, page 1, line 22, leave out “, disease or medical condition” and insert “or disease”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 21 Feb 2025
Amendment 400

Tabled: 21 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 2, page 2, line 1, leave out “, disease or medical condition” and insert “or disease"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 21 Feb 2025
Amendment 401

Tabled: 21 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 2, page 2, line 5, leave out “, disease or medical condition” and insert “or disease"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 21 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 25 Feb 2025
Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) - 25 Feb 2025
Amendment 402

Tabled: 21 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 2, page 2, line 6, at end insert- "(2) A person who would not otherwise meet the requirements of subsection (1), shall not be considered to meet those requirements as a result of stopping eating or drinking."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) - 21 Feb 2025
Amendment 398

Tabled: 21 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 3, page 2, line 13, at end insert— "(2) The following provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 shall not apply to this Act- (a) sections 1(2) to (4) (b) sections 2(2) and (4). (3) Section 2(1) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 shall apply to this Act as if it read as follows- "For the purposes of this Act, a person lacks capacity in relation to a matter if at the material time he is unable to make a decision for himself in relation to the matter." (4) A person shall be considered not to have the capacity to make a decision to end their own life unless it is proven beyond reasonable doubt that they do have that capacity."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 21 Feb 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
Amendment 403

Tabled: 24 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 24 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 1, page 25, line 25, at end insert— "7. I have- 1. informed my family of my wish to be provided with assistance to end my life and taken their opinions into consideration 2. decided not to inform my family of my decision 3. no family to inform of my decision"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 24 Feb 2025
Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) - 26 Feb 2025
Amendment 404

Tabled: 24 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 24 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Schedule 4, page 29, line 7, at end insert- "10. I have- 1. informed my family of my wish to be provided with assistance to end my life and taken their opinions into consideration 2. decided not to inform my family of my decision 3. no family to inform of my decision”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 24 Feb 2025
Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 406

Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 26 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 8, page 5, leave out line 22 and insert- "(f) who has taken all reasonable steps to satisfy themselves that they are not and that there is no reason to believe that they are—"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 26 Feb 2025
Amendment 410

Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 26 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 12, page 8, line 27, leave out subsection (6)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 26 Feb 2025
Amendment 407

Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 26 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 12, page 8, line 19, leave out "may" and insert "must"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 26 Feb 2025
Amendment 411

Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 26 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 15, page 11, line 3, leave out paragraph (b)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 26 Feb 2025
Amendment 408

Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 26 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 19, page 13, line 18, after "provided” insert “has been consulted and"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 26 Feb 2025
Amendment 409

Tabled: 26 Feb 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 26 February 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

Clause 20, page 13, line 35, leave out from "specify" to "for" and insert "two or more drugs or other substances with different techniques of administration”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 26 Feb 2025
Amendment 412

Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 February 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

Clause 4, page 2, line 32, leave out subsection (5)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 27 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 04 Mar 2025
Amendment 405

Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 5, page 3, leave out line 20 and insert- "(d) who has taken all reasonable steps to satisfy themselves that they are not and that there is no reason to believe that they are—”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Juliet Campbell (Lab - Broxtowe) - 27 Feb 2025
Amendment None

Tabled: 27 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 27 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 12, page 8, line 14, at end insert ", and (i) is acting for the primary purpose of avoiding physical pain.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 27 Feb 2025
Amendment 414

Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 25, at end insert— "(3A) If a registered medical practitioner conducts such a preliminary discussion with a person, the practitioner must first ensure the provision of adjustments for language and literacy barriers, including the use of interpreters."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 28 Feb 2025
Amendment 413

Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 31, at end insert— "(4A) In Wales, a medical practitioner conducting a preliminary discussion under subsection (4) must also discuss with the person their preferred language of Welsh or English."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 28 Feb 2025
Amendment 425

Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 4, page 2, line 31, at end insert- "(4A) Where a person indicates to a registered medical practitioner their wish to seek assistance to end their own life in accordance with this Act, they must be referred to a multidisciplinary team to explore options for relevant care and support. (4B) The Secretary of State may by regulations specify the requirements for the multidisciplinary team under subsection (4A). (4C) The regulations must include a requirement for the multidisciplinary team to include all of- (a) a registered medical practitioner or registered nurse, (b) a person registered as a social worker in a register maintained by Social Work England or Social Work Wales, and (c) a practising psychiatrist registered in one of the psychiatry specialisms."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 28 Feb 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 04 Mar 2025
Amendment (b)

Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

★ Line 7, at end insert- "(c) culturally responsive and trauma-informed care, and in assessing and challenging discrimination in end-of-life care decision-making, including into how- (i) culture, (ii) discrimination on the basis of the protected characteristics set out in section 4 (The protected characteristics) of the Equality Act 2010, and (iii) trauma, may intersect and influence capacity and coercion assessments. Training must include specific considerations for the intersectionally marginalised. (d) For the purposes of subsection (3B)(c)— (i) "culturally responsive care” means care which is respectful of, and relevant to, the health beliefs, health practices, culture and linguistic needs of diverse communities; (ii) "trauma-informed care” means an approach to health and care interventions which is grounded in the understanding that trauma exposure can impact an individual's neurological, biological, psychological and social development; (iii) "trauma” means the lasting adverse effects, limiting a person's ability to function and achieve mental, physical, social, emotional or spiritual well-being resulting from an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by that person as harmful or life threatening.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 28 Feb 2025
Catherine Atkinson (Lab - Derby North) - 03 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 419

Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 6, page 3, line 35, at end insert- "(3B) The coordinating doctor may witness the first declaration only if- (a) the coordinating doctor has conducted a preliminary discussion with the person or is satisfied that another registered medical practitioner has conducted such a discussion, and (b) the coordinating doctor has made or seen a written record of the preliminary discussion."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 28 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 420

Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 16, leave out subsection (3) and insert- "(3) After carrying out the first assessment, the coordinating doctor must- (a) make a report about the assessment (which must meet the requirements of regulations under subsection (4)); (b) give a copy of the report to— (i) the person who was assessed ("the assessed person"), (ii) if the coordinating doctor is not a practitioner with the person's GP practice, a registered medical practitioner with that practice, and (iii) any other person specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State; (c) if satisfied as to all of the matters mentioned in subsection (2)(a) to (g), refer the assessed person to another registered medical practitioner who meets the requirements of section 8(6) and is able and willing to carry out the second assessment (“the independent doctor"). (4) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision about the content and form of the report. (5) The regulations must provide that the report must- (a) contain a statement indicating whether the coordinating doctor is satisfied as to all of the matters mentioned in subsection (2)(a) to (g); (b) contain an explanation of why the coordinating doctor is, or (as the case may be) is not, so satisfied; (c) contain a statement indicating whether the coordinating doctor is satisfied as to the following— (i) that a record of the preliminary discussion has been included in the person's medical records; (ii) that the making of the first declaration has been recorded in the person's medical records; (iii) that the first declaration has not been cancelled; (d) be signed and dated by the coordinating doctor.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 28 Feb 2025
Amendment 426

Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 7, page 4, line 26, at end insert- "(4) The coordinating doctor may not take the steps set out in subsection (3) unless they receive confirmation from a multidisciplinary team that the person has had a meeting with that multidisciplinary team as specified in section 4.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 28 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 421

Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 8, page 5, line 4, leave out subsection (5) and insert- "(5) After carrying out the second assessment, the independent doctor must- (a) make a report about the assessment (which must meet the requirements of regulations under subsection (5A)), and (b) give a copy of the report to— (i) the person who was assessed, (ii) the coordinating doctor, (iii) if neither the independent doctor nor the coordinating doctor is a practitioner with the person's GP practice, a registered medical practitioner with that practice, and (iv) any other person specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State. (5A) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision about the content and form of the report. (5B) The regulations must provide that the report must- (a) contain a statement indicating whether the independent doctor is satisfied as to all of the matters mentioned in subsection (2)(a) to (e); (b) contain an explanation of why the independent doctor is, or (as the case may be) is not, so satisfied; (c) contain a statement indicating whether the independent doctor is satisfied as to the following- (i) that a record of the preliminary discussion has been included in the person's medical records; (ii) that the person signed the first declaration; (iii) that the making of the first declaration has been recorded in the person's medical records; (iv) that the first declaration has not been cancelled; (d) be signed and dated by the independent doctor.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 28 Feb 2025
Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 04 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 422

Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 9, page 5, line 36, after “records” insert "make such enquiries of professionals who are providing or have recently provided health or social care to the person as the assessing doctor considers appropriate,"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 28 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 423

Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 9, page 6, line 20, at end insert— "(2A) To inform their assessment, the assessing doctor must- (a) consider whether they should consult a health professional or social care professional with qualifications in, or experience of, a matter relevant to the person being assessed; (b) consult such a professional if they consider that there is a need to do so. (2B) Where an assessing doctor consults a professional under subsection (2A)(b), the assessing doctor must give a written record of the consultation to the other assessing doctor.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 28 Feb 2025
Amendment 415

Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 9, page 6, line 20, at end insert— "(2A) When making an assessment under subsection (2), the assessing doctor must first ensure the provision of adjustments for language and literacy barriers, including the use of interpreters.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 28 Feb 2025
Amendment 416

Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 30, page 18, line 25, leave out paragraph (c)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 28 Feb 2025
Amendment 417

Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 30, page 18, line 32, at end insert— "(1A) The Secretary of State must, within six months of the passing of this Act, issue one or more codes of practice in connection with the arrangements for ensuring effective communication in connection with the provision of assistance to persons in accordance with this Act, including the use of interpreters."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 28 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment 424

Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 40, page 23, line 37, at end insert- ""preliminary discussion” means a discussion of a kind mentioned in section 4(3);"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 28 Feb 2025
Sponsor Amendment NC19

Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2025

This amendment was ADDED

To move the following Clause- "Recording of preliminary discussion (1) This section applies where a registered medical practitioner (“the practitioner") conducts a preliminary discussion with a person. (2) Where the practitioner is a practitioner with the person's GP practice, they must, as soon as practicable, record the preliminary discussion in the person's medical records. (3) In any other case— (a) the practitioner must, as soon as practicable, give a written record of the preliminary discussion to a registered medical practitioner with the person's GP practice, and (b) that registered medical practitioner must, as soon as practicable, include the record in the person's medical records."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 28 Feb 2025
Amendment NC18

Tabled: 28 Feb 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2025

This amendment was ADDED ON DIVISION

To move the following Clause- "Provision of information in English and Welsh (1) Any service, report, declaration or certificate of eligibility provided under this Act to a person seeking assistance to end their own life must either be— (a) in the person's first language, if that language is English or Welsh, or (b) their preferred language of English and Welsh. (2) The person's choice of language under subsection (1) must be recorded in that person's medical records. (3) Any regulations made under sections 5, 7, 8, 13 or 21 specifying the form and content of declarations or statements must make provision for their being in both the English and Welsh language. (4) No regulations that contain provision for the Welsh language under the requirements of subsection (3) may be made unless a draft has been laid before and approved by a resolution of Senedd Cymru. (5) The Assisted Dying Review panel must make certificates of eligibility available in either English or Welsh depending on the person's choice of language under subsection (1)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 28 Feb 2025
Amendment 427

Tabled: 03 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 3 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 5, page 3, line 23, at end insert- "(3A) In Wales, all reasonable steps must be taken to ensure the practitioner under subsection (3) has fluent proficiency in the Welsh language if services or functions in the Act are to be provided to an individual in Welsh."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 03 Mar 2025
Amendment 428

Tabled: 03 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 3 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 8, page 5, line 25, at end insert- "(6A) In Wales, all reasonable steps must be taken to ensure the practitioner under subsection (6) has fluent proficiency in the Welsh language if services or functions in the Act are to be provided to an individual in Welsh."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 03 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 418

Tabled: 04 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 4 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 5, page 3, line 12, at end insert— “(2A) Regulations under subsection (2)(a) must provide that the first declaration contains- (a) the following information— (i) the person's full name and address; (ii) the person's NHS number; (iii) contact details for the person's GP practice; (b) the following further declarations by the person- (i) a declaration that they meet the initial conditions for eligibility (see subsection (2B)); (ii) a declaration that they have had a preliminary discussion with a registered medical practitioner, that they were aged 18 or over when they had that discussion, and that they understand the information referred to in section 4(4)(a) to (c) that was provided during that discussion; (iii) a declaration that they are content to be assessed, for the purposes of this Act, by medical practitioners;

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 04 Mar 2025
Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 04 Mar 2025
Amendment 186(a)

Tabled: 05 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 5 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Line 7, at end insert- "(c) specific and up-to-date training on reasonable adjustments and safeguards for autistic people and people with a learning disability."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 4

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 05 Mar 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 05 Mar 2025
Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) - 05 Mar 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 05 Mar 2025
Amendment 186(c)

Tabled: 05 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 5 March 2025

This amendment was NOT SELECTED

Line 7, at end insert- "(c) culturally responsive, and trauma-informed care, and in assessing and challenging discrimination in end-of-life care decision-making, including into how- (i) culture, (ii) discrimination on the basis of the protected characteristics set out in section 4 (The protected characteristics) of the Equality Act 2010, and (iii) trauma may intersect and influence capacity and coercion assessments. Training must include specific considerations for the intersectionally marginalised.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 05 Mar 2025
Amendment 198(b)

Tabled: 05 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 5 March 2025

This amendment was NOT SELECTED

Line 7, at end insert- "(c) culturally responsive, and trauma-informed care, and in assessing and challenging discrimination in end-of-life care decision-making, including into how- (i) culture, (ii) discrimination on the basis of the protected characteristics set out in section 4 (The protected characteristics) of the Equality Act 2010, and (iii) trauma may intersect and influence capacity and coercion assessments. Training must include specific considerations for the intersectionally marginalised.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 05 Mar 2025
Amendment NC16(a)

Tabled: 05 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 5 March 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Line 30, leave out paragraphs (a) to (d) and insert- "(a) must hear from and must question the person to whom the referral relates and (in a case to which section 15 applies) their proxy; (b) must hear from and must question the coordinating doctor and the independent doctor; (c) must consider hearing from and questioning— (i) persons properly interested in the welfare of the person who made the application for the declaration and other persons they are close to; and (ii) any other person who has provided treatment or care for the person being assessed in relation to that person's terminal illness; and (d) may hear from and may question any other person, including any person appearing to it to have relevant knowledge or experience to report to it on such matters relating to the person to whom the referral relates as it considers appropriate.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Catherine Atkinson (Lab - Derby North) - 05 Mar 2025
Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 05 Mar 2025
Amendment NS2(a)

Tabled: 05 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 5 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Line 46, at end insert- "(3) Each member of a panel must have fluent proficiency in the Welsh language if services or functions in the Act are to be provided to an individual in Welsh."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - 05 Mar 2025
Amendment NS2(b)

Tabled: 05 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 5 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Line 61, leave out sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) and insert- "(1) The Commissioner must give guidance about the practice and procedure of panels."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Catherine Atkinson (Lab - Derby North) - 05 Mar 2025
Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 05 Mar 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment NS2(c)

Tabled: 06 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Line 44, at end insert- “(3) The Commissioner must ensure that each member of a panel has had training in respect of domestic abuse, including coercive control and financial abuse."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 16

Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 06 Mar 2025
Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 17 Mar 2025
Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) - 17 Mar 2025
Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) - 17 Mar 2025
John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) - 17 Mar 2025
Scott Arthur (Lab - Edinburgh South West) - 17 Mar 2025
Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 17 Mar 2025
Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) - 17 Mar 2025
James Frith (Lab - Bury North) - 17 Mar 2025
Darren Paffey (Lab - Southampton Itchen) - 17 Mar 2025
Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) - 17 Mar 2025
Maya Ellis (Lab - Ribble Valley) - 17 Mar 2025
Uma Kumaran (Lab - Stratford and Bow) - 17 Mar 2025
Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) - 17 Mar 2025
Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) - 17 Mar 2025
Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) - 17 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment None

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 8, page 5, line 1, leave out subsection (4) and insert— "(4) The independent doctor must, where possible, undertake the second assessment jointly with the coordinating doctor. (4A) If the independent doctor is unable to undertake the second assessment jointly with the coordinating doctor under subsection (4), the independent doctor must confer with the coordinating doctor before completing that assessment.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 07 Mar 2025
Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 468

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 9, page 5, line 37, at end insert— "(aa) ask the person why they are seeking an assisted death."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 07 Mar 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
Amendment 461

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

★ Clause 11, page 7, line 15, leave out "or otherwise"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 07 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment 458

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 10, page 6, line 45, after "declaration” insert “and if there has been a material change of circumstances,"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 07 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment 459

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 10, page 7, line 3, at end insert— "(2A) (a) Where a referral is made to a registered medical practitioner under subsection (1), the coordinating doctor must provide that new registered medical practitioner with the report by the independent doctor setting out their reasons for refusal. (b) If the new registered medical practitioner reaches a different conclusion from the original independent doctor, they must produce a report setting out why they disagree. (c) Those two reports must be made available to any subsequent decision maker under this Act and to the Commissioner."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 07 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment 460

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 10, page 7, line 9, leave out “particular"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 07 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment 457

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

Clause 13, page 9, line 17, after "made," insert "and have not voluntarily stopped eating and drinking"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 07 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment 431

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 15, page 11, line 1, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert "the donee of Lasting Power of Attorney for Health and Welfare decisions, who has the ability to give or refuse consent to life-sustaining treatment, as registered with the Office of the Public Guardian."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 462

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 18, page 12, line 20, at end insert— "(3A) When providing a substance under subsection (3) the coordinating doctor must explain to the person that they do not have to go ahead and self administer the substance and they may still cancel their declaration.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 463

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 18, page 12, line 34, leave out paragraph (c)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 435

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

Clause 18, page 13, line 6, at end insert- "(9A) Where the procedure has failed, the coordinating doctor must escalate the care of the person by making the appropriate referral to emergency medical services."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 429

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 18, page 13, line 7, leave out subsection (10)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 436

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 18, page 13, line 8, after “provided” insert— "(10A) If complications occur as a result of the provision of assistance the coordinating doctor must- (a) make a detailed record of the complications in the patient's medical records, (b) make a declaration on the final statement issued under section 21, and (c) make a report to the relevant Chief Medical Officer and the Voluntary Assisted Dying Commissioner.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 464

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 18, page 13, line 8, at end insert- "(10A) If the person loses consciousness and it appears to the coordinating doctor that the procedure is failing, the coordinating doctor- (a) must not do anything with the intention of causing the person's death, and (b) must seek to revive the person."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 433

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 19, page 13, line 26, leave out subsection (4)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 465

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 20, page 13, line 36, at end insert- "(1A) A drug may only be approved under this Act if it has been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency for that purpose."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 466

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 20, page 13, line 36, at end insert— "(1A) A drug may only be approved under this Act if the Secretary of State is reasonably of the opinion that there is a scientific consensus that this drug or combination of drugs, is effective at ending someone's life without causing pain."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 437

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 20, page 13, line 38, at end insert- "(2A) The doses and types of lethal drugs specified in any regulations made under subsection (1) must be licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 438

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 20, page 13, line 38, at end insert— "(2A) The doses and types of lethal drugs to bring about the person's death must be recommended by either the National Institute of Clinical Excellence or the All Wales Medicines Strategy Group in Wales' guidelines as appropriate prior to licensing.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 467

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 20, page 13, line 38, at end insert— "(2A) Regulations under subsection (1) are subject to the affirmative procedure and when tabling the draft of the statutory instrument the Secretary of State must at the same time lay before both Houses of Parliament a report setting out all relevant information on the likely time to death, complications and likely side effect."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 439

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 21, page 14, line 20, at end insert— "(7) The relevant body must supply- (a) full medical records, (b) court records, and (c) all documentation relating to the assessments and procedures, relating to bringing about the death of the person in accordance with this act must be made available to the Chief Medical Officer and the Assisted Dying Commissioner. (8) For the purposes of subsection 7 the “relevant body" is—"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 440

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 22, page 14, line 34, at end insert- "(4) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3)(b), the information recorded must include- (a) any interventions made by a medical practitioner in response to the procedure failing, and (b) the timing of those interventions.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 441

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 23, page 15, line 9, at end insert- "(3) There is no obligation on any care home or hospice regulated by the Care Quality Commission or the Care Inspectorate Wales to permit the provision of assistance under this Act on their premises."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 442

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 28, page 17, line 3, leave out "may" and insert "must"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 443

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 28, page 17, line 4, after “substances” insert “as approved through the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and either the National Institute for Clinical Excellence or the All Wales Medicines Strategy Group processes"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 444

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 28, page 17, line 6, after "substances" insert "including specifying that approved substances must at no time be left unsupervised by a medical practitioner"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 445

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 28, page 17, line 9, leave out "may" and insert "must"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 446

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

Clause 29, page 18, line 9, at end insert— "(4) The Secretary of State must, by regulation, specify the data sets which must be made available by the Registrar General for England and Wales. (5) Any regulations made under subsection (4) are subject to the affirmative procedure."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 447

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 30, page 18, line 12, leave out “may” and insert "must"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 448

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 30, page 18, line 27, after “of” insert “registered and qualified"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 430

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 30, page 18, line 30, at end insert- "(da) responding to unexpected complications that arise in relation to the administration of the approved substance under section 18, including when the procedure fails;"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 449

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 34, page 20, line 32, after "to" insert “Parliament or Senedd Cymru as appropriate and"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 450

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED

Clause 34, page 20, line 33, at end insert— "(1A) The relevant Chief Medical Officer must produce an annual equality impact assessment of access to both palliative care and assisted dying on the basis of- (a) protected characteristics as set out in the section 4 of the Equality Act 2010, (b) socioeconomic status, (c) geographical location.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 451

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 34, page 20, line 43, at end insert— “(e) there were complications in the procedure. (2A) The Commissioner's report must include analysis of the following— (a) information about the patients' diagnosis/es; (b) information about the patients' prognosis; (c) any instances where concerns were raised about the patients' capacity;

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 21 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 455

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 34, page 20, line 43, at end insert- "(2A) An annual report must include information about the application of the Act in relation to- (a) persons who have protected characteristics, and (b) any other description of persons specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State. (2B) When preparing an annual report, the Commissioner must consult- (a) the Chief Medical Officer for England, (b) the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, and (c) such persons appearing to the Commissioner to represent the interests of persons who have protected characteristics as the Commissioner considers appropriate."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 07 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 456

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 34, page 21, line 28, at end insert— "(8) In this section “protected characteristics” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Equality Act 2010 (see section 4)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 452

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

Clause 35, page 21, line 30, leave out from “must” to end of line 31 and insert "every 12 months after the passing of this Act—"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 434

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 36, page 22, line 16, leave out paragraph (c)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment 454

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 36, page 22, line 26, at end insert— "(e) any person who would not have capacity to request assistance to end their own life under this Act."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment NC17(a)

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Leave out from line 1 to line 12 and insert- "(1) The person applying for assisted dying, their next of kin, any of their relatives (within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1996), the registered medical practitioners who are treating them and anyone who took part in proceedings before the panel or gave evidence to the panel may apply to the Commissioner for the Panel's decision to be reconsidered. (2) The Commissioner will allow the application for reconsideration if the Panel's decision was- (a) wrong, or (b) unjust because of a serious procedural or other irregularity in the proceedings. (3) The Commissioner may consider the application without a hearing if they consider it in the interests of justice to dispense with a hearing."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 07 Mar 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
Sponsor Amendment NC21

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was ADDED, AS AMENDED

To move the following Clause- "Determination by panel of eligibility for assistance (1) This section applies where a person's case is referred under section (Referral by Commissioner of case to multidisciplinary panel) or (Reconsideration of panel decisions refusing certificate of eligibility) to an Assisted Dying Review Panel ("the panel"). (2) The panel's function is to determine whether it is satisfied of all of the following matters- (a) that the requirements of sections 5 to 9 have been met in relation to- (i) the first declaration, (ii) the first assessment and the report under section 7 on that assessment, and (iii) the second assessment and the report under section 8 on that assessment; (b) that the person is terminally ill; (c) that the person has capacity to make the decision to end their own life; (d) that the person was aged 18 or over at the time the first declaration was made; (e) that before making the first declaration, but when the person was aged 18 or over, a registered medical practitioner conducted a preliminary discussion with the person; (f) that the person is ordinarily resident in England and Wales and has been so resident for at least 12 months ending with the date of the first declaration; (g) that the person is registered as a patient with a general medical practice in England or Wales; (h) that the person has a clear, settled and informed wish to end their own life; (i) that the person made the first declaration voluntarily and was not coerced or pressured by any other person into making that declaration. (3) Subject to the following and to Schedule (Assisted Dying Review Panels), the panel may adopt such procedure as it considers appropriate for the case. (4) The panel- (a) must hear from, and may question, the coordinating doctor or the independent doctor (and may hear from and question both); (b) must (subject to subsection (5)) hear from, and may question, the person to whom the referral relates; (c) in a case to which section 15 applies, may hear from and may question the person's proxy; (d) may hear from and may question any other person; (e) may ask any person appearing to it to have relevant knowledge or experience to report to it on such matters relating to the person to whom the referral relates as it considers appropriate. In paragraphs (a) to (c) the reference to hearing from or questioning a person is to hearing from them, or questioning them, in person or by live video or audio link. (5) The duty under subsection (4)(b) to hear from the person to whom the referral relates does not apply if the panel is of the opinion that there are exceptional circumstances which justify not hearing from that person. (6) The panel- (a) must, if it is satisfied of all of the matters mentioned in subsection (2), grant a certificate to that effect (a “certificate of eligibility”); (b) must refuse to do so in any other case. (7) The panel must notify the following of its decision- (a) the person to whom the referral relates; (b) the coordinating doctor; (c) the Commissioner; (d) any other person specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State. Where it grants a certificate of eligibility, it must give a copy of the certificate to each of these persons. (8) If the panel is notified that the first declaration has been cancelled, it must cease to act in relation to the referral (and, in particular, it may not grant a certificate of eligibility)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 07 Mar 2025
Amendment NC21(c)

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Line 43, at end insert- "(aa) if it considers that the matters mentioned in subsection 2(c), (h) or (i) are established on a balance of probabilities but still considers that there is a real risk that they are not satisfied, then the panel must stay its proceedings until such further inquiries it orders are made,"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 07 Mar 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
Amendment NC21(a)

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Line 50, after “satisfied” insert “beyond reasonable doubt"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 07 Mar 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
Amendment NC21(b)

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Line 50, after "subsection (2)" insert "unless it believes that there are particular circumstances which make it inappropriate for the person to be assisted to end their own life,”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 07 Mar 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
Amendment NC20

Tabled: 07 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

To move the following Clause— "Annual impact assessment of assisted dying (1) The Secretary of State must lay before both Houses of Parliament an annual report on the effect of this Act. (2) The report in subsection 1 must include an analysis the effect of this Act on people's access to— (a) healthcare, (b) palliative care, and (c) assisted dying. (3) For the purposes of subsection 2, the analysis must include an examination of people's access by reference to— (a) protected characteristics, and (b) socioeconomic status. (4) The first annual report is to be laid before each House on their first sitting day after one calendar year from the passing of this Act. (5) Each subsequent report is to be laid on the first sitting day one calendar year after the preceding report."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 07 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 469

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 13, page 9, line 11, leave out "subsection (1)” and insert "this section"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 10 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 470

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 13, page 9, line 26, at end insert— "(3A) Regulations under subsection (3)(a) must provide that a second declaration contains- (a) the following information— (i) the person's full name and address; (ii) the person's NHS number; (iii) contact details for the person's GP practice; (iv) specified information about the certificate of eligibility; (b) the following further declarations by the person- (i) a declaration that they have made a first declaration and have not cancelled it; (ii) a declaration that they understand that they must make a second declaration in order for assistance to be provided under this Act; (iii) a declaration that they are making the second declaration voluntarily and have not been coerced or pressured by any other person into making it; (iv) a declaration that they understand that they may cancel the second declaration at any time. In this subsection “specified” means specified in the regulations.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 10 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 471

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 13, page 9, line 27, leave out from “if” to "that" in line 28 and insert "the coordinating doctor is satisfied (immediately before witnessing it)”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 10 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 472

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 13, page 9, line 41, at end insert— "(6A) Regulations under subsection (6)(a) must provide that a statement under subsection (5) contains- (a) the following information— (i) the person's full name and address; (ii) the person's NHS number; (iii) the coordinating doctor's full name and work address; (iv) specified information about the certificate of eligibility;

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 482

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Clause 20, page 13, line 39, leave out "negative” and insert "affirmative”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 10 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 473

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 15, page 11, line 3, leave out from “person” to end of line and insert “of a description specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 10 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 474

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 16, page 11, line 17, at end insert— "(1A) In this section “recordable event” means an event mentioned in a paragraph of subsection (1)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 10 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 475

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 16, page 11, line 19, leave out from second “the” to “in” in line 21 and insert "occurrence of the recordable event"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 10 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 476

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 16, page 11, line 24, leave out from “the” to ", and" in line 26 and insert "occurrence of the recordable event"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 10 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 477

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 16, page 11, line 27, leave out from “the” to “in” in line 29 and insert "occurrence of the recordable event"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 10 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 478

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 16, page 11, line 30, leave out from second "a" to end of line 32 and insert "declaration, report or statement within subsection (1) must include the original declaration, report or statement."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 10 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 479

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

★ Clause 17, page 11, line 37, leave out "at" and insert "with"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 480

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Clause 23, page 15, line 3, leave out subsection (1) and insert- "(1) No individual is under any duty (whether arising from any contract, statute or otherwise) to be involved, directly or indirectly, in the provision of assistance in accordance with this Act. (1A) In particular, no individual is under any duty (whether arising from any contract, statute or otherwise) to— (a) provide information about assisted dying; (b) participate in an initial discussion; (c) participate in the request and assessment process; (d) supply, prescribe or administer an approved substance; (e) be present at the time of administration of an approved substance; or (f) dispense a prescription of an approved substance. (1B) Nothing in subsections (1) or (1A) of this section shall affect any duty to— (a) signpost someone to where they can obtain information about assisted dying (under section 4(5) or otherwise); (b) perform acts of a clerical, secretarial, or ancillary nature; or (c) perform any acts necessary to save the life of or to prevent grave injury to a person."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 486

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 29, page 18, line 9, at end insert— "(4) A report provided under subsection (3) must include statistical analysis of— (a) demographic information relating to those who have received assistance under the Act, including breakdowns by the protected characteristics defined under section 4 of the Equality Act 2010; (b) the length of time between the taking of approved substances and the time of death; and (c) any complications that occurred as a result of the administration of a substance under the provisions of this Act.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 453

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 35, page 21, line 36, leave out subsection (2)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 487

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 38, page 23, line 1, leave out "negative” and insert "affirmative"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 488

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 42, page 24, line 22, leave out subsection (3) and insert— "(3) The Secretary of State may not make a statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provision) regulations which bring section 18 into force unless the condition in subsection (3A) is met. (3A) The condition is that a Minister of the Crown has made a statement to each House of Parliament that sets out— (a) that, in their opinion, all regulations necessary for the effective provision of assistance have been made under this Act; and (b) a list of the regulations that have been made for the purposes of paragraph (a).”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 489

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 42, page 24, line 22, leave out subsection (3)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment NC21(d)

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Line 33, leave out paragraphs (a) to (d) and insert— "(a) must hear from, and must question, the coordinating doctor and the independent doctor; (b) must (subject to subsection (5)) hear from, and must question, the person to whom the referral relates; (c) in a case to which section 15 applies, may hear from and must question the person's proxy; (d) must consider hearing from and questioning— (i) persons properly interested in the welfare of the person who made the application for the declaration and other persons they are close to; and (ii) any other person who has provided treatment or care for the person being assessed in relation to that person's terminal illness; and (e) may hear from and may question any other person, including any person appearing to it to have relevant knowledge or experience to report to it on such matters relating to the person to whom the referral relates as it considers appropriate."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Catherine Atkinson (Lab - Derby North) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment NC22

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

To move the following Clause- "No obligation for occupiers and operators of premises (1) Any individual, business, organisation, or association who occupies or operates premises has the right to refuse to permit the self-administration of an approved substance on their premises. (2) Nothing in subsection (1) confers any right on anyone with an interest in the land but who is not occupying or operating those premises."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment NC23

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

To move the following Clause- "No detriment for care home or hospice not providing assistance (1) No regulated care home or hospice shall be subject to any detriment by a public authority as a result of not— (a) providing assistance in accordance with this Act, or (b) permitting such assistance to take place on their premises. (2) No funding given by a public authority to a regulated care home or hospice can be conditional on that care home or hospice- (a) providing assistance in accordance with this Act, or (b) permitting such assistance to take place on their premises."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 10 Mar 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment NS2(d)

Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Line 54, leave out sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) and insert— "(1) Panels are to determine referrals in private (but this is subject to sub-paragraph (2)). (2) The chair of a panel may— (a) with the approval of the person to whom a referral relates, or (b) where the person does not approve, for any reason the panel deems necessary or desirable, decide that the panel is to sit in public. (3) The panel should only sit in public in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear public interest in doing so."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) - 10 Mar 2025
Amendment 432

Tabled: 11 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 11 March 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

Clause 12, page 8, line 31, leave out paragraph (a)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Mar 2025
Amendment 483

Tabled: 11 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 11 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 23, page 15, line 5, after “assistance” insert “, or in any activity closely related to the provision of assistance,”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Mar 2025
Amendment 484

Tabled: 11 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 11 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

✩ Clause 23, page 15, line 8, after "Act” insert ", or in any activity closely related to the provision of assistance under this Act,”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Mar 2025
Amendment 481

Tabled: 11 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 11 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

✩ Clause 23, page 15, line 9, at end insert- "(3) Nothing in subsection (2)— (a) prevents an employer who has chosen not to participate in the provision of assistance in accordance with this Act from prohibiting their employees from providing such assistance in the course of their employment with that employer, or (b) prevents an employer from specifying occupational requirements in relation to the provision of assistance in accordance with this Act in accordance with Schedule 9 of the Equality Act when hiring employees."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) - 11 Mar 2025
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
Amendment 485

Tabled: 11 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 11 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 28, page 17, line 11, leave out “negative” and insert "affirmative”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Rachael Maskell (Ind - York Central) - 11 Mar 2025
Amendment NC21(e)

Tabled: 11 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 11 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Line 45, at end insert— "(4A) Where the panel considers it appropriate for medical reasons, it may make provision for the use of pre-recorded audio or video material for the purposes of subsection (4).”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Claire Hazelgrove (Lab - Filton and Bradley Stoke) - 11 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 496

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

Clause 18, page 12, line 28, after "professionals” insert “, and such other persons,”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 497

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 18, page 13, line 9, leave out "decides” and insert "informs the coordinating doctor that they have decided"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 498

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 18, page 13, line 10, leave out “that the substance is not” and insert “to believe that the substance will not be"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 532

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 18, page 13, line 12, at end insert— "(12) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision about what the coordinating doctor is legally permitted to do if it is determined by the coordinating doctor that the procedure is failed. (13) The regulations under subsection (12) must include what specific actions can legally be taken by the coordinating doctor if— (a) there is a greatly prolonged time to death, (b) the person has been rendered unconscious, or rendered unfit to make a second attempt at self-administration, but has not died, or (c) the person is otherwise undergoing complications.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 533

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 18, page 13, line 12, at end insert— "(12) For the purposes of subsections (2) to (11), the Secretary of State must, by regulations, specify where the provision of assistance under this Act may take place. (13) Before making regulations under subsection (12), the Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (14) The persons to be consulted under subsection (12A) may include- (a) persons requesting or considering requesting assistance to end their own lives, and (b) professionals working in palliative and end-of-life care, including hospice staff, and (c) persons from disadvantaged and marginalised communities, and (d) registered medical professionals and other healthcare professionals."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 499

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 19, page 13, line 25, at end insert— "(3A) Where a registered medical practitioner who is authorised under subsection (1) is not satisfied of all of the matters mentioned in section 18(4), they must notify the coordinating doctor immediately.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 500

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 21, page 14, line 10, at end insert— "(3A) Regulations under subsection (3)(a) must provide that a final statement contains the following information— (a) the person's full name and last permanent address; (b) the person's NHS number; (c) the name and address of the person's GP practice (at the time of death); (d) the coordinating doctor's full name and work address; (e) the date of each of the following- (i) the first declaration; (ii) the report about the first assessment of the person; (iii) the report about the second assessment of the person; (iv) the certificate of eligibility; (v) the second declaration; (vi) the statement under section 13(5); (f) details of the illness or disease which caused the person to be terminally ill (within the meaning of this Act); (g) the approved substance provided; (h) the date and time of death; (i) the time between use of the approved substance and death."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 521

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 28, page 17, line 11, leave out subsection (3) and insert- "(3) The Secretary of State may not make a statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under subsection (1) unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 522

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

Clause 29, page 17, line 14, leave out subsection (1)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 504

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 24, page 15, line 11, leave out from second “of” to end of line 12 and insert “— (a) providing assistance to a person to end their own life in accordance with this Act, or performing any other function under this Act in accordance with this Act, or (b) assisting a person seeking to end their own life in accordance with this Act, in connection with the doing of anything under this Act.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 505

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 24, page 15, leave out lines 22 and 23 and insert “— (a) providing assistance to a person to end their own life in accordance with the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Act 2025, or performing any other function under that Act in accordance with that Act, or (b) assisting a person seeking to end their own life in accordance with that Act, in connection with the doing of anything under that Act.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 501

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 25, page 15, line 31, leave out subsection (1) and insert- "(1) The doing of any of the following does not, of itself, give rise to any civil liability- (a) providing assistance to a person to end their own life in accordance with this Act; (b) performing any other function under this Act in accordance with this Act; (c) assisting a person seeking to end their own life in accordance with this Act, in connection with the doing of anything under this Act. (1A) Subsection (1) does not apply- (a) in relation to an act done dishonestly, or in some other way done otherwise than in good faith, or (b) to any liability in tort arising from a breach of a duty of care owed to a person."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 502

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 25, page 15, line 34, after "life" insert ", or to attempt to do so,"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 503

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 25, page 15, line 36, leave out subsection (3)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 506

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 26, page 16, line 7, leave out "in accordance with" and insert "under"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 507

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 26, page 16, line 9, leave out "or (2)"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 508

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 26, page 16, line 10, at end insert— "(4) A person who commits an offence under subsection (2) is liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for life.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 509

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO ON DIVISION

Clause 26, page 16, line 10, at end insert- "(5) Proceedings for an offence under this section may be instituted only by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 510

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 27, page 16, line 18, leave out "wilfully” and insert “intentionally or recklessly"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 511

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 27, page 16, line 22, leave out "that person" and insert "a relevant matter"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 512

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 27, page 16, line 23, at end insert- "(2A) In subsection (2) “relevant matter” means a matter relating to any function under this Act."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 513

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 27, page 16, line 24, leave out subsection (3) and insert- "(3) A person commits an offence if they intentionally or recklessly fail to comply with an obligation under- (a) section 14(1A) or (2) (notification of cancellation of declaration), or (b) section 17 (recording of cancellations).”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 514

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 27, page 16, line 28, leave out subsection (4)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 515

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 27, page 16, line 31, leave out from beginning to “an” and insert “A person who commits"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 516

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 27, page 16, line 36, at end insert— "(6) Proceedings for an offence under this section may be instituted only by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 517

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 30, page 18, line 30, at end insert— "(da) arrangements for a qualifying person requesting assistance to end their own life to receive the support of an independent advocate under section [Independent advocate]. "

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) - 14 Mar 2025
Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 534

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 30, page 18, line 30, at end insert— "(da) the forms of proof of identity that are acceptable for the purposes of section 6."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 523

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 30, page 18, line 31, leave out paragraph (e) and insert- "''(1A) The Secretary of State may issue one or more codes of codes of practice in connection with any matters relating to the operation of this Act not required under subsection (1) as the Secretary of State considers appropriate."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 524

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 30, page 18, line 40, leave out from “have regard to” and insert “comply with”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 525

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

Clause 32, page 19, line 26, leave out subsection (2)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 528

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 32, page 19, line 27, at end insert— "(2A) Regulations under subsection (1) cannot authorise a body other than a public authority from providing such assistance even if that body is to be contracted by a public authority to do so.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 14 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment 529

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 32, page 19, line 28, leave out subsection (3)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 14 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment 530

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 32, page 19, line 31, at end insert— "(5) The Secretary of State may not lay a draft statutory instrument before either House of Parliament that makes provision containing (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under subsection (1) unless they also lay before both Houses an impact assessment on such regulations. (6) The impact assessment under subsection (5) must include an assessment of the impact of such regulations on the workforce of health professionals and on the National Health Service."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 14 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment 493

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 35, page 21, line 31, leave out “5-year” and insert “3-year”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 494

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 35, page 21, line 36, leave out “5-year” and insert “3-year”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 495

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 35, page 21, line 36, leave out “5 years” and insert “3 years”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 491

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 35, page 22, line 2, after “health” insert “and care”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 492

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 35, page 22, line 2, after “palliative” insert “and end of life”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 526

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 35, page 22, line 10, at end insert— "(4) A Minister of the Crown must make arrangements for— (a) a motion in neutral terms, to the effect that the House of Commons has considered the report, to be moved in that House by a Minister of the Crown within the period of 14 Commons sitting days beginning with the day after the report is laid before Parliament, and (b) a motion for the House of Lords to take note of the report to be moved in that House by a Minister of the Crown within the period of 14 Lords sitting days beginning with the day after the review is laid before Parliament."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 518

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

Clause 40, page 23, line 24, at end insert— ““coercion” means behaviour of a controlling or threatening character, including but not limited to emotional or financial control, or improper interference with another person's decision-making autonomy, which is exerted by a person or organisation, with the intention of inducing that other person to make the relevant declarations or to self-administer an approved substance under this Act against that other person's will (and “coerced” is to be read accordingly);"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) - 14 Mar 2025
Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 519

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 40, page 23, line 27, at end insert— "“dishonesty” means not being truthful, or not acting in good faith;"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) - 14 Mar 2025
Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 520

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 40, page 23, line 37, at end insert—

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) - 14 Mar 2025
Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 14 Mar 2025
Sarah Green (LD - Chesham and Amersham) - 25 Mar 2025
Amendment 527

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 40, page 24, line 14, at end insert “provided that such remuneration is not structured in a manner where it would be greater as a result of the registered medical practitioner approving the request.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment 531

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 42, page 24, line 21, at end insert— "(2A) The Secretary of State may not make a statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under subsection (2) bringing sections 1 or 24 into force unless they have previously laid before Parliament a report containing an analysis of— (a) the readiness of services to provide assistance and related functions of this Act, and

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 14 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment 490

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

Clause 42, page 24, line 30, at end insert— "(7) The Secretary of State may not make a statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under subsection (2) unless

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) - 14 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education, Children and Families)
Sponsor Amendment NC24

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was ADDED

To move the following Clause- "Falsification of documentation etc with intention that another will obtain assistance to end own life (1) A person commits an offence if, with the intention of facilitating the provision of assistance to a person (B) under this Act to end their own life, they— (a) make or knowingly use a false instrument which purports to be— (i) a first declaration, (ii) a second declaration, or (iii) a certificate of eligibility, (b) provide a medical or other professional opinion in respect of B which is false or misleading in a material particular, or (c) fail to comply with an obligation under section 14(1A) or (2) (notification of cancellation of declaration). (2) In subsection (1) the reference to assistance under this Act includes assistance purporting to be under this Act. (3) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years. (4) Proceedings for an offence under this section may be instituted only by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment NC25

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was ADDED

To move the following Clause- "Independent advocate (1) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision as to the appointment of persons as independent advocates. (2) The regulations may, in particular, provide— (a) that a person may act as an independent advocate only in such circumstances, or only subject to such conditions, as may be specified in the regulations; (b) for the appointment of a person as an independent advocate to be subject to approval in accordance with the regulations; (c) persons that may appoint independent advocates; (d) provision for payments to be made to, or in relation to, persons carrying out the function of an independent advocate under this section; (e) training that such advocates must undertake before being appointable; and (f) obligations on persons performing functions on this Act to ensure the presence of an independent advocate for a qualifying person. (3) The role of independent advocates is to provide support and advocacy to a qualifying person who is seeking to understand options around end of life care, including the possibility of requesting assistance to end their own life, to enable them to effectively understand and engage with all the provisions of this Act. (4) For the purposes of subsection (2) a person is a “Qualifying person” if they— (a) have- (i) a learning disability; (ii) a mental disorder under section 1 of the Mental Health Act 1983; or (iii) autism; or (b) they may experience substantial difficulty in understanding the processes or information relevant to those processes or communicating their views, wishes or feelings; or (c) they meet criteria that the Secretary of State may specify by regulations. (5) Regulations may not be made under this section unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing them has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) - 14 Mar 2025
Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment NC26

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

To move the following Clause- "Transparency of private providers (1) Any persons, not being a public authority, providing assisted dying under this Act must publish a yearly report setting out for that person— (a) the number of persons who have requested assistance from them, (b) the number they have actually assisted, (c) the cost and revenue associated with providing such assistance, and (d) any other matter that the Secretary of State may by regulations specify. (2) The Secretary of State may not make a statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under subsection (1) unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment NC27

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

To move the following Clause- "Disability programme board on the implications of the Act for disabled people (1) The Commissioner must, within six months of the passing of this Act, appoint a programme board to advise on the impact of this Act and its operation on disabled people. (2) The Board must include— (a) people who have a disability under the Equality Act 2010, (b) representatives from disabled people's organisations, and (c) other such persons or organisations as the Commissioner considers relevant to the impact of the Act on disabled people. (3) The programme board must report to the Secretary of State and the Commissioner within one year of the passing of this Act, and annually thereafter. (4) The Secretary of State must, within three months of receipt of any report under subsection (3), lay the report before both Houses of Parliament.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment NC28

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

To move the following Clause- "12-month Assessment of this Act (1) The Secretary of State must undertake, prepare and publish an assessment, within 12 months from the day this Act is passed, of— (a) the extent to which the Act is on course to meet its aim of allowing adults who are terminally ill, subject to safeguards and protections, to request and be provided with assistance to end their own lives; (b) the extent to which the Act is likely to meet that aim; (c) an assessment of the state of health and care services to persons with palliative and end of life care needs and the implications of this Act on those services; (d) any emerging concerns relating to the current or future operation of the Act; and (e) steps the Secretary of State plans to take in response to those concerns. (2) The assessment in paragraph (1)(c) must include the quality and distribution of appropriate health and care services to persons with palliative and end of life care needs, including- (a) pain and symptom management; (b) psychological support for those persons and their families; and (c) information about palliative care and how to access it. (3) The Secretary of State must lay any report under subsection (1) before both Houses of Parliament."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment NC29

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

NO DECISION has been made on this amendment

To move the following Clause- "Collection of Statistics (1) The Voluntary Assisted Dying Commissioner must ensure that the statistics specified in Schedule [Statistics to be collected] are collected. (2) The Commissioner must publish a yearly report setting out those statistics. (3) The Secretary of State may by regulation vary the contents of Schedule [Statistics to be collected]. (4) The Secretary of State may not make a statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under subsection (1) unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 14 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment NC30

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

To move the following Clause- "Relatives seeking assistance at the same time (1) This section applies where the coordinating doctor, the independent doctor, or any other medical or other healthcare professional involved in the person's care receives any indication that the person is seeking assistance to end their own life under this Act contemporaneously as any one of their family members. (2) Such a professional as mentioned in subsection (1) must notify the person's coordinating doctor and a registered medical practitioner from the person's GP practice of the matter as mentioned in subsection (1). (3) If the assessing doctor is notified of a matter as mentioned in subsection (1), the assessing doctor must— (a) refer the person for assessment by a registered medical practitioner who is registered in the specialism of psychiatry in the Specialist Register kept by the General Medical Council, (b) refer the person for assessment by a social worker who is registered with Social Work England or Social Care Wales, and (c) take account of any opinion provided by that other registered medical practitioner or registered social worker. (4) Any opinion provided to one assessing doctor under subsection (3)(a) or (b) must be shared with the other assessing doctor.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment NC31

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

To move the following Clause- "Requests for assistance from persons under the age of 18 (1) No registered medical practitioner may raise the subject of the provision of assistance in accordance with this Act with a person who is under the age of 18. (2) Where a person under the age of 18 indicates to a registered medical practitioner their wish to seek assistance to end their own life in accordance with this Act, the registered medical practitioner is prohibited from conducting a preliminary discussion as mentioned in section 4. (3) The registered medical professional must notify both a registered medical practitioner with the person's GP practice and a parent or legal guardian of the person, of the matter as mentioned in subsection (2).”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) - 14 Mar 2025
Amendment NS3

Tabled: 14 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

To move the following Schedule— "SCHEDULE STATISTICS TO BE COLLECTED Characteristics 1 The Voluntary Assisted Dying Commissioner must collect the following information about persons requesting assisted dying— (a) sex, (b) age, (c) self-reported ethnicity, (d) level of education, (e) Index of Multiple Deprivation based on postcode, (f) region of residence, (g) marital status, (h) living status (alone, with others, in a care home etc), (i) main condition leading to “terminal illness” fulfilment, (j) other medical conditions,

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 14 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment 535

Tabled: 17 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 17 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO ON DIVISION

Clause 42, page 24, line 25, at end insert— "(3A) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply in relation to Wales. (3B) In relation to Wales, the provisions of this Act not brought into force by subsection (1) come into force on such day or days as the Welsh Ministers may by regulations appoint (and such regulations may not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing them has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 17 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment 520(a)

Tabled: 17 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 17 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Line 3, leave out ", with the intention of inducing that other person to make the relevant declarations or to self-administer an approved substance under this Act against that other person's will”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 17 Mar 2025
Amendment NC32

Tabled: 17 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 17 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

To move the following Clause- "Transparency of private providers (1) Any persons, not being a public authority, providing assisted dying under this Act must publish a yearly report setting out for that person— (a) the number of persons who have requested assistance from them, (b) the number they have actually assisted, (c) the cost and revenue associated with providing such assistance, and (d) any other matter that the Secretary of State may by regulations specify.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 17 Mar 2025
Amendment NC33

Tabled: 17 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 17 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

To move the following Clause- "Collection of Statistics (No.2) (1) The Voluntary Assisted Dying Commissioner must ensure that the statistics specified in Schedule [Statistics to be collected] are collected. (2) The Commissioner must publish a yearly report setting out those statistics. (3) The Secretary of State may by regulation vary the contents of Schedule [Statistics to be collected]. "

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 17 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment NC34

Tabled: 17 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 17 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

To move the following Clause- "Assisted Dying Not a Medical Treatment Assisted dying under this Act shall not be considered to be a medical treatment."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 17 Mar 2025
Amendment 536

Tabled: 19 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 19 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 42, page 24, line 23, leave out “2” and insert “5”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 19 Mar 2025
Amendment 537

Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

Clause 32, page 19, line 27, after “assistance” insert “by a registered charity but not”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 21 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 538

Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 March 2025

This amendment was NOT SELECTED

Page 19, line 20, leave out Clause 32

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 21 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 539

Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO ON DIVISION

Clause 33, page 19, line 34, leave out subsections (1) and (2) and insert- "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision requiring a registered medical practitioner to notify the Commissioner of the occurrence of an event of a specified description."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 21 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 540

Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 33, page 20, line 17, at end insert- "(2A) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision enabling the Commissioner, by notice, to require persons (or a specified description of persons) to give the Commissioner information (or a specified description of information).”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 21 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 541

Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 33, page 20, line 18, leave out "subsection (1)” and insert "this section"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 21 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 542

Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 33, page 20, line 19, leave out "the notification” and insert "a notification under subsection (1)"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 21 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 543

Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 33, page 20, line 20, leave out second "the" and insert "such a"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 21 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 544

Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 33, page 20, line 22, leave out from “section” to end of line 23 and insert ““specified” means specified in the regulations."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 21 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment NC36

Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 March 2025

This amendment was ADDED ON DIVISION

To move the following Clause- "Voluntary assisted dying services: England (1) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision securing that arrangements are made for the provision of voluntary assisted dying services in England. (2) In this section “commissioned VAD services” means services provided by virtue of regulations under subsection (1). (3) The Secretary of State may by regulations make other provision about voluntary assisted dying services in England (whether or not the services are commissioned VAD services). (4) Regulations under this section may for example provide that specified references in the National Health Service Act 2006 to the health service continued under section 1(1) of that Act include references to commissioned VAD services. (5) Regulations under this section must provide that section 1(4) of that Act (services to be provided free of charge except where charging expressly provided for) applies in relation to commissioned VAD services. (6) Regulations under this section may make any provision that could be made by an Act of Parliament; but they may not amend this Act. (7) In this section “voluntary assisted dying services” means- (a) services for or in connection with the provision of assistance to a person to end their own life in accordance with this Act, and (b) any other services provided by health professionals for the purposes of any of sections 4 to 22 except section (Determination by panel of eligibility for assistance)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 21 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment NC37

Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 March 2025

This amendment was ADDED

To move the following Clause- “Voluntary assisted dying services: Wales (1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision about voluntary assisted dying services in Wales, including provision securing that arrangements are made for the provision of such services. (2) Regulations under subsection (1) may make any provision that— (a) could be made by an Act of Senedd Cymru, and (b) would be within the legislative competence of the Senedd if it were contained in such an Act. (3) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about voluntary assisted dying services in Wales. (4) Regulations under subsection (3) may make any provision that— (a) could be made by an Act of Parliament, and (b) would not be within the legislative competence of the Senedd if it were contained in an Act of the Senedd. (5) Regulations under this section may not amend this Act. (6) In this section “voluntary assisted dying services” has the meaning given by section (Voluntary assisted dying services: England)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 21 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment NC38

Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 March 2025

This amendment was ADDED

To move the following Clause- "Information sharing (1) The Commissioner may disclose information to a person within subsection (3), for the purposes of any function of either of them. (2) A person within subsection (3) may disclose information to the Commissioner, for the purposes of any function of either of them. (3) The persons within this subsection are— (a) the Care Quality Commission; (b) the General Medical Council; (c) the General Pharmaceutical Council; (d) the Nursing and Midwifery Council; (e) any other person specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State. (4) The Commissioner and the Secretary of State may disclose information to each other, for the purposes of- (a) any function of the Commissioner, or (b) any function of the Secretary of State relating to the operation of this Act."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 21 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment NC39

Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 March 2025

This amendment was ADDED

To move the following Clause- "Obligations of confidence etc (1) A disclosure of information which is required or authorised by or under this Act does not breach- (a) any obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure, or (b) any other restriction on disclosure (however imposed). This is subject to subsection (2). (2) This Act does not (and regulations under it may not) require or authorise the disclosure of information which would contravene the data protection legislation (but in determining whether a disclosure required or authorised by or under this Act would do so, the requirement or authorisation is to be taken into account). (3) In this section "the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act)."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 21 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment NC40

Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 March 2025

This amendment was ADDED

To move the following Clause- "Reporting on implementation of Act (1) As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each reporting period, the Secretary of State must prepare and publish, and lay before Parliament, a report about— (a) progress made in that period in connection with the implementation of this Act, and (b) the Secretary of State's plans for implementing the Act in subsequent reporting periods (including the expected timetable for implementation). (2) For the purposes of this section the reporting periods are— (a) the period of one year beginning with the day on which this Act is passed; (b) each subsequent period of 6 months (subject to subsection (3)). (3) The sixth reporting period under subsection (2)(b) is the last reporting period."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 21 Mar 2025
Amendment NC35

Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 March 2025

This amendment was ADDED

To move the following Clause- "Disability Advisory Board on the implementation and implications of the Act for disabled people (1) The Commissioner must, within six months of the Commissioner being appointed under this Act, appoint a Disability Advisory Board to advise on the implementation and impact of this Act in its operation on disabled people. (2) The Board must include- (a) people who have a disability under the Equality Act 2010, (b) representatives from disabled people's organisations, and (c) other such persons or organisations as the Commissioner considers relevant to the impact of the Act on disabled people. (3) Within six months of its appointment, the Advisory Board must report to the Secretary of State and the Commissioner to advise on the implementation of the Act and then annually thereafter report on the impact of the Act's operation on disabled people. (4) The Secretary of State must, within three months of receipt of any report under subsection (3), lay the report before both Houses of Parliament.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) - 21 Mar 2025
Lewis Atkinson (Lab - Sunderland Central) - 21 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 545

Tabled: 24 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 24 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO ON DIVISION

Clause 39, page 23, line 6, leave out subsections (3) to (5) and insert— "(3) The Secretary of State may not make a statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under section 5(3A), 8(6A), 30(3), (Voluntary assisted dying services: England) or (Voluntary assisted dying services: Wales) unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament. (4) Any other statutory instrument made by the Secretary of State containing regulations under this Act is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. (5) The Welsh Ministers may not make a statutory instrument containing regulations under section (Voluntary assisted dying services: Wales) unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 24 Mar 2025
Amendment NC36(a)

Tabled: 24 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 24 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Line 4, at end insert- "(1A) Regulations under subsection (1) cannot authorise the National Health Service in England to provide voluntary assisted dying services."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) - 24 Mar 2025
Amendment NC36(c)

Tabled: 24 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 24 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Line 4, at end insert- "(1A) Regulations under subsection (1) cannot authorise a body other than a public authority to provide voluntary assisted dying services if that body is to be contracted by a public authority to do so."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 24 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment NC36(b)

Tabled: 24 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 24 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

★ Line 10, leave out subsections (4) and (5) and insert- "(4) Regulations under subsection (1) may not amend, modify or repeal section 1 of the National Service Act 2006."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Anna Dixon (Lab - Shipley) - 24 Mar 2025
Amendment NC36(d)

Tabled: 24 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 24 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Line 17, leave out subsection (6)

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 24 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment NC36(e)

Tabled: 24 Mar 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 24 March 2025

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

★ Line 18, at end insert- "(6A) The Secretary of State may not lay a draft statutory instrument before either House of Parliament that makes provision containing (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under subsection (1) unless they also lay before both Houses an impact assessment on such regulations. (6B) The impact assessment under subsection (6A) must include an assessment of the impact of such regulations on the workforce of health professionals and on the National Health Service."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) - 24 Mar 2025
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business)
Amendment 518(b)

Tabled: 25 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 25 March 2025

This amendment was WITHDRAWN AFTER DEBATE

As Amendments to Dr Marie Tidball's proposed Amendment 518:— Line 3, after "person or organisation," insert "including where the person is in an intimate or family relationship with that other person,"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 25 Mar 2025
Amendment 520(b)

Tabled: 25 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 25 March 2025

This amendment was NOT CALLED

As Amendments to Dr Marie Tidball's proposed Amendment 520:— Line 3, after "person or organisation," insert "including where the person is in an intimate or family relationship with that other person, "

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) - 25 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 546

Tabled: 25 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 25 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 42, page 24, line 18, after "Sections” insert “(Reporting on implementation of Act),"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 25 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 547

Tabled: 25 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 25 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO

Clause 42, page 24, line 19, at end insert- "(1A) Section (Voluntary Assisted Dying Commissioner), except subsection (4) of that section, and Schedule (The Voluntary Assisted Dying Commissioner) come into force at the end of the period of one year beginning with the day on which this Act is passed."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 25 Mar 2025
Sponsor Amendment 548

Tabled: 25 Mar 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 25 March 2025

This amendment was AGREED TO ON DIVISION

Clause 42, page 24, line 23, leave out "2" and insert "4"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Spen Valley) - 25 Mar 2025