Assisted Dying Legislation: Isle of Man and Jersey

Debate between Baroness Jay of Paddington and Baroness Levitt

Tuesday 3rd March 2026 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Levitt (Lab)]

The most recent communication from the Isle of Man—the latest information—was received at the end of January. Officials are now preparing advice for the Lord Chancellor. It would be completely inappropriate for me to comment on either the timing or the content of that advice.

[Baroness Jay of Paddington (Lab)]

My Lords, notwithstanding the Government’s determined position of neutrality, which the Minister has rightly said she has repeated many times, would she not accept that, once Royal Assent is given to the procedures and the Acts in Jersey and in the Isle of Man, there will be an extraordinarily unsatisfactory patchwork of provision across the United Kingdom for assisted dying, and therefore it is particularly important that the Government should make sure that the Bill before your Lordships’ House is properly completed?

[Baroness Levitt (Lab)]

I still cannot think of another, better way of saying it. I think it would be rude to my noble friend to say that I refer her to my previous answer, but I am afraid I do.