Asked by: Danny Kruger (Conservative - Devizes)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will issue guidance to her Department on using the term (a) assisted suicide when referring to procedures that involve ingesting poison prescribed by a doctor with the intent to die and (b) euthanasia when referring to the delivery of a lethal injection by a doctor.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
There are currently no plans to issue guidance on using the terms assisted suicide, when referring to procedures that involve ingesting poison prescribed by a doctor with the intent to die, and euthanasia, when referring to the delivery of a lethal injection by a doctor.
Asked by: Danny Kruger (Conservative - Devizes)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps with Ofcom to undertake a review of the adequacy of guidance to the media on the reporting of (a) assisted suicide, (b) euthanasia and (c) other suicide cases.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Guidance on how broadcasters report assisted suicide, euthanasia and other suicide cases is a matter for Ofcom as the UK’s independent broadcasting regulator. Ofcom are required by law to keep the Broadcasting Code and any accompanying guidance under review.
In the UK, there is an independent self-regulatory regime for the press. The Government does not intervene in what the press can and cannot publish or oversee the work of press regulators.
Written Evidence Mar. 12 2024
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)Found: factors for why the veterinary profession had such a high rate of burnout and suicide : performing euthanasia
Mar. 12 2024
Source Page: Advice on emergency culling for the depopulation of poultry affected by high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)Found: culling over the last two decades , most notably gas-operated percussive devices (such as the Turkey Euthanasia
Mar. 12 2024
Source Page: Opinion on chick culling alternativesFound: Ethical euthanasia and short -term anesthesia of the chick embryo.
Mar. 12 2024
Source Page: Opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killingFound: Species specific anaesthetics for fish anaesthesia and euthanasia.
Published - Tuesday 5th March 2024
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsThese Regulations amend the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2033, “the 2013 Regulations”) in respect of Great Britain only.
Found: sub-paragraph (4) at the end insert— “(c)products containing an antimicrobial; (d)products for the purpose of euthanasia
Mar. 04 2024
Source Page: Government brings in Veterinary Medicines Regulations legislationFound: – veterinarian) include medicines that contain antibiotics or beta -agonists, or that are used for euthanasia
Mar. 04 2024
Source Page: Government brings in Veterinary Medicines Regulations legislationFound: – veterinarian) include medicines that contain antibiotics or beta -agonists, or that are used for euthanasia
Laid - 4 Mar 2024 In Force 17 May 2024
These Regulations amend the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2033, “the 2013 Regulations”) in respect of Great Britain only.
Found: sub-paragraph (4) at the end insert— “(c)products containing an antimicrobial; (d)products for the purpose of euthanasia