Labour MP Kim Leadbeater's private members' bill, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, is up for debate in Parliament today. Over 160 MPs are expected to speak, with many still undecided on their vote.
MPs will today vote on whether to back assisted dying laws as they debate a controversial bill splitting opinion across Parliament .
He advised backbenchers to speak for approximately eight minutes and added he could impose a formal time limit if required.At about 2pm I will call frontbenchers to make their comments and then we will move to end the debate.I’ve got to manage the expectations – not everyone will get in. I will try and get in as many people as possible.He added:
09:30More than 100 MPs expected to speak before vote this afternoonMPs will vote on whether to legalise assisted suicide in the UK today, with the result on a knife-edge. If approved, the Bill would allow terminally ill, mentally competent adults to seek an assisted death with the approval of two doctors and a High Court judge.
The Conservative former PM, who was ennobled as Lord Cameron by Rishi Sunak and served as his foreign secretary, had previously opposed moves to change the law. If the debate is still ongoing at 2.30pm then it is adjourned and the Bill falls to the bottom of the list, which means it is highly unlikely to make any further progress.
It has been suggested it might be the case a person exercising their right to die might be able to take such medication by pushing a button. Only terminally adults who are expected to die within six months and who have been resident in England and Wales and registered with a GP for at least 12 months.
There must be at least seven days between the two doctors making their assessments and a further 14 days after the judge has made a ruling, for the person to have a period of reflection on their decision.It would be illegal for someone to pressure, coerce or use dishonesty to get someone to make a declaration that they wish to end their life or to induce someone to self-administer an approved substance.
Yesterday, Starmer insisted the bill would be a 'genuinely free vote', adding he did not want to place any pressure on Labour MPs unsure about which way to vote.Asked whether his views had changed since then, he said: I’ve obviously got a huge amount of interest and experience in this, having looked at every single case for five years that was ever investigated. I will therefore be casting my vote tomorrow.
Campaigners from Care Not Killing said this polling showed public support for what they term “assisted suicide” had lessened in the past decade and highlighted the statistics around those who are concerned about people feeling pressure to end their lives. But the campaign group Care Not Killing uses the terms 'assisted suicide' and 'euthanasia', and argues that the focus should be on 'promoting more and better palliative care' rather than any law change.
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater formally introduced her Terminally Ill Adults Bill to Parliament in October.If the Bill passes the first stage in the Commons, it will go to committee stage where MPs can table amendments, before facing further scrutiny and votes in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, meaning any change in the law would not be agreed until next year at the earliest.
While that may be nothing unusual for a private members’ Bill, of which this is an example, is it really enough time to deal with a subject of such magnitude?by Sam Merriman, The Daily Mail's social affairs correspondent
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