UK House of Commons to Vote on Assisted Dying Bill

• The UK House of Commons will vote on a Bill allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales to end their lives under certain circumstances.

• The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-25 allows terminally ill adults with mental capacity and less than six months to live to request assistance from a physician to end their life.

• MPs will be able to vote as per their conscience and not be required to vote along party lines.

• The legislation has sparked public reactions and campaigns for and against the legislation.

• Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has defended its safeguards, stating a judge and two doctors would need to sign-off on a patient’s request to end their life.

• Key leaders, including former Prime Minister David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Lizz Truss, and Theresa May, have declared their positions on the issue.

• Health Secretary Wes Steering has publicly opposed the Bill and ordered a study into the cost of the National Health Service if the Bill became a law.