A Bill to create a right to die at home.
House of Lords
5 May 2021
This bill would create a legal right for people at the end of life to receive care and housing support that enables them to die at home if they wish. It would require NHS bodies, local authorities and housing providers to arrange and coordinate suitable home-based end-of-life care and housing support. The aim is to make dying at home more feasible and to improve the overall quality of end-of-life care.
The bill is currently at the 2nd Reading in the Lords, an early stage. If it progresses, it would move on to committee and further readings before becoming law.
Generated 21 February 2026
First reading took place on 30 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.
