In June 2022, Dr Alex Allinson MHK was given leave to bring an assisted suicide suicide bill before Tynwald, and a consultation ran from December 2022 to January 2023. The Bill cleared the House of Keys in summer 2024, and the the Legislative Council in March 2025; it awaits Royal Assent, and could (it is understood) take up to five years to implement.

Campaigners for assisted suicide in the UK describe the possibility of law change in Scotland and the Crown Dependencies as “piling on the pressure for MPs in Westminster”: these debates are closely entwined.

A great many supporters answered the call to respond to consultations in Jersey and the Isle of Man, for which we are grateful. Residents should continue to engage with MHKs