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
2 May 2017
This bill would allow competent adults who are terminally ill to be provided, at their own request, with specified assistance to end their own life. It would set out who could qualify, what kind of help could be given, and how the process would be supervised to protect people from harm. In short, it creates a legal framework for assisted dying in the UK.
The bill is at the 2nd Reading in the Lords. If it progresses, it would move to committee stage, then further readings, before potentially moving to the House of Commons.
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First reading took place on 9 June. 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 2016-2017 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
