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
19 January 2015
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This bill would allow competent adults who are terminally ill to be provided, on their own request, with specified assistance to end their own life. It is a Lords Bill that originated in the Lords and is currently at the Committee stage in the Lords.
The bill is currently at the Committee stage in the Lords. If it progresses, it would move through further Lords stages before potentially passing to the House of Commons.
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7 Nov 2014, 16 Jan 2015
Line by line examination of the Bill took place during the second day of committee stage on 16 January 2015. Amendments discussed covered clause 2 of the Bill.
A further day of committee stage is yet to be scheduled.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.