Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 60182

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 24 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Dr Ben Spencer

ConservativeRunnymede and Weybridge

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 the operation of the Mental Health Act 1983.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Government is neutral on the matter of assisted dying and the passage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.The Government also has a duty to the statute book and to ensure that the legislation, if passed, is effective, robust, and workable....

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