Backlash After Lords Restrict Assisted Suicide Evidence

Backlash after Lords restrict assisted suicide evidence

Well, well, well. Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill has made it to the House of Lords, where the legislation will be scrutinised by peers before receiving Royal Assent. The bill wracked up intense criticism as it made its way through the Commons – and it seems things will be no different in the Lords. Steerpike

Assisted Dying Bill is getting yet more corrupt as it escapes scrutiny

It’ll come as a surprise to nobody that, once again, parliament is being dodgy about the Assisted Dying Bill. The, to give it its full name, Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has been marred with controversy at every step. The shambles range the bill barely even being written before it was voted on in the Commons to it being rushed through at every step. Despite there being so many Peers wishing to speak in the Lords debate that they had …

House of Lords assisted suicide committee refuses to accept written evidence despite changes to Bill

Despite substantial changes to the assisted suicide Bill since it was tabled last year, a House of Lords select committee has chosen not to accept expert written evidence aside from a select few invited witnesses. Following the second day of Second Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Lords, Peers approved the establishment of a dedicated select committee to further scrutinise the Bill’s proposals, with the com…