Tag: Westminster

Two major calls for evidence have been issued at Westminster: one on the state of palliative care, and the other on the substance of Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill.
Care Not Killing disappointed at second reading vote, but welcomes the growing number of MPs expressing concern about legalising assisted suicide.
"Only 11% are immune to any anti-assisted dying arguments, suggesting that large swathes of the public remain fluid in their view."
Former PM Gordon Brown joins the Health and Justice Secretaries, Lib Dem leader, disability rights groups, and medical bodies in urging the Bill’s rejection on 29 November.
New polling also shows 51% agree that "assisted dying inevitably discriminates against the poor who cannot afford comfortable end-of-life living."
Thousands of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals say: or the sake of us all, do not rush into hasty legislation but instead fund excellent palliative care
"This bill is being rushed with indecent haste and ignores the deep-seated problems in the UK’s broken and patchy palliative care system and the crisis in social care"
Use our email portal to contact your MP about Kim Leadbeater's "Terminally Ill Adults (End of life) Bill" Bill, ahead of second reading debate and vote on 29 November
Legal scholars and senior jurists on why including the High Court isn’t the safeguard it sounds like, and why criteria are ripe for legal challenge and expansion
Gordon Macdonald urges MPs to consider new polling, which paints a far more complex picture of public opinion than usually claimed.
'...a bill that sends a dog whistle message to the terminally ill, vulnerable, elderly and disabled people, that their lives are worth less than others.'
What are the major parties pledging regarding assisted suicide legislation in the new Parliament?
'Instead of discussing this dangerous and ideological policy, we should be talking about how to fix the UK's broken and patchy palliative care system so everyone can have a dignified death - a view shared by the Health and Social Care Committee.'
'Against the backdrop of the Committee's recommendations ordinary voters will rightly be surprised and alarmed that the Labour Leader has decided to make this intervention.'
Care Not Killing responds to the Health and Social Care Select Committee report on assisted suicide and euthanasia
Read our submissions to the Jersey and Isle of Man consultations, and House of Commons Health Select Committee inquiry, on euthanasia and assisted suicide.
The authors of 'Physician-Assisted Suicide: Improving the Quality of the Debate' include a retired Supreme Court Justice, a former Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission a leading barrister
Care Not Killing is pleased at the “strength and breadth” of opposition from MPs towards the policy of introducing euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS), in the UK.