A Bill To enable competent adults who are terminally ill to be provided at their request with specified assistance to end their own life; and for connected purposes.
House of Lords
16 May 2013
The Assisted Dying Bill would allow competent adults who are terminally ill to be provided with assistance to end their own life on request. It would set out who can provide that assistance and establish safeguards to ensure decisions are voluntary, informed and carried out in a regulated way.
The bill is at the second reading stage in the Lords. It will then move on to detailed scrutiny in committee stage before progressing further.
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First reading took place on 15 May. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2013-14 session of parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
