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Bills & Legislations

Scotland rejects assisted suicide for a second time.

6 June 2015, ,
MSPs reject Patrick Harvey’s Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill. On 27 May 2015 MSPs voted to ....
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Assembly of Wales debates and rejects Lord Falconer’s Bill.

12 December 2014,
Assembly Debate Reveals Serious Concerns Over Lord Falconer’s Bill On 10 December 2014 the ....
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Assisted Dying Bill ‘unsatisfactory’, says legal think-tank.

24 July 2014, ,
A thoughtful article by legal think-tank Halsbury’s Law Exchange analyses Lord Falconer; ....
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An assisted dying law would change the moral landscape.

24 July 2014,
In a balanced and thoughtful editorial published on the eve of the Second Reading of Lord Falconer ....
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Debates

Westminster Hall Debate

MPs held a short debate on the law on assisted suicide on January 23rd which revealed a broad range of opinion amongst members. You can read the full debate here

House of Lords debate on ‘Assisted Dying’.

5 December 2013
The Earl of Glasgow asks whether the Government intends “to legislate to provide terminally ....
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An important issue in the ‘assisted dying’ debate.

19 May 2013
The Times has raised an important issue in the ‘assisted dying’ debate An editorial in ....
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This is not what the debate is about.

9 April 2013, ,
Joan Bakewell is confusing end-of-life with ending-life decisions Every patient has the right to ....
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House of Commons debate on the Liverpool Care Pathway: Westminster Hall.

8 January 2013,
In the wake of sensationalist headlines and multiple allegations, Glyn Davies MP tables a debate ....
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Other

A Question of Public Safety.

24 April 2011,
A fundamental reappraisal is needed of the concept of safeguards for ‘assisted dying’. ....
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