PATIENT (ASSISTED DYING) BILL

Early day motion 135, tabled 26 November 2003 by James Plaskitt (Labour). Signed by 34 members.

That this House welcomes the introduction of the Patient (Assisted Dying) Bill and the opportunity it presents to allow terminally ill adults to make a considered request for medical assistance to die; notes that the Joint Committee on Human Rights, who examined the Bill, concluded that, '...the safeguards set out in the Patient (Assisted Dying) Bill would be adequate to protect the interests and rights of vulnerable patients. They would ensure that nobody could lawfully be subjected to assisted dying without his or her fully informed consent'; and believes that this Bill is in accordance with the views of 80 per cent. of the population who support this proposal.

Signatures by party: Labour 27, Liberal Democrat 6, Labour/Co-operative 1.