Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 58210
Terminal Illnesses: Suicide
Tabled: 9 June 2025
Answered: 19 June 2025
Named DayQuestion
Mary Glindon
Labour — Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on his Department’s suicide prevention strategy.
Answer
Stephen KinnockThe Government is neutral on the matter of assisted dying and the passage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.The Government remains committed to tackling suicide as one the biggest killers in this country and preventing lives being lost.The s...
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