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
5 May 2021
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This Lords private member’s bill would allow competent adults who are terminally ill to receive, on their own request, specific support to end their own life. It sets out safeguards and related provisions about who can provide the assistance and how it must be carried out. The bill is currently at the second reading in the Lords and would need to progress through both Houses to become law.
The bill is at the 2nd reading stage in the Lords; the first reading took place on 28 January 2020. If it progresses, it would move to the committee stage in the Lords and then on to further stages in both Houses.
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28 Jan 2020
First reading took place on 28 January. 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 2019-2021 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
