Health Secretary still plans to oppose assisted dying Bill
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Health Secretary still plans to oppose assisted dying Bill Health Secretary still plans to oppose assisted dying Bill The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has undergone significant changes since it succeeded in an initial vote in Parliament in November, which the Health Secretary opposed.
Key points
- Bill has undergone significant changes since it succeeded in an initial vote in Parliament in November, which the Health Secretary opposed.
- The High Court safeguard has been dropped and replaced by expert panels, while the implementation period has been doubled to a maximum of four years for an assisted dying service to be in place should the Bill pass into law.
- I think what Kim Leadbeater has done is extremely helpful, Mr Streeting told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
- The Government as a whole is neutral on the question but has sought to work with Ms Leadbeater and MPs supporting and opposing the Bill to make it workable, he said.
- To make sure that, whatever our own views on the merits of the Bill itself, that the Bill is workable, so that if MPs and peers choose to pass the assisted dying Bill into law, that it is a workable law, he said.
Who
Health; Bill The Terminally Ill Adults; Bill
When
ife) Bill has undergone significant changes since
Where
England; Wales
How
The High Court safeguard has been dropped and replaced by expert panels, while the implementation period has been doubled to a maximum of four years for an assisted dying service to be in place should the Bill pass into law.
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