Cotswold MP reveals why he did not vote on landmark assisted dying bill
North Cotswold MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown says he regrets not being able to attend the debate in Parliament ...
Committee picked to debate assisted dying bill amendments voted mostly in favour of law
All bills get considered by a committee after passing a preliminary vote in the House of Commons, representing the makeup of the parties in the House. The committee is made of 12 MPs who supported the ...
Assisted dying: Committee of 20 MPs nominated to debate controversial bill
Kim Leadbeater, the MP behind the bill, put forward the names of those who could be nominated to be on the committee. | ITV ...
Two government ministers to sit on assisted dying bill committee
Two government ministers to sit on assisted dying bill committee - The bill could see terminally ill adults in England and ...
Leadbeater selects MPs for assisted dying bill committee
The bill's committee is made up of 14 supporters, nine opponents and senior voices from both sides of the debate.
New MPs are too dishonorable for Parliament’s honour system
Misleading parliament is generally considered a pretty serious offence. When polled, the public say honesty is the most ...
Two Government ministers to sit on assisted dying Bill scrutiny committee
The Bill could see terminally ill adults in England and Wales with less than six months to live be legally allowed to end ...
Assisted dying: what we might learn from experience of other controversial decisions in medicine
There are also many legal decisions made in advance by patients to refuse medical treatment – so-called “living wills”.
The long and complex road to assisted dying
Deliberations made in Britain’s Parliament have shown us that making laws to govern assisted dying is a complicated affair ...