The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

07 March 2025 / Michael Zander KC

Issue: 8107 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Health , Human rights

In the first of a series of articles tracking the passage of the Bill, Michael Zander KC reports on slow progress in committee

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is still in the early stages of the committee stage in the House of Commons.
Over 400 amendments have been tabled and 400 pieces of written evidence received.
It is expected that the committee stage may not be completed before the end of April.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, presented by Kim Leadbeater MP, is still in the early stages of the committee stage in the House of Commons. After some 25 hours of debate over the first five days, the committee had only reached clause 5 of a Bill with 43 clauses and six schedules.

This was the first Private Members’ Bill Committee given the power to ‘send for persons, papers and records’. It heard oral evidence from over 50 individuals and organisations and has received some

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The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

In the first of a series of articles tracking the passage of the Bill, Michael Zander KC reports on slow progress in committee

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is still in the early stages of the committee stage in the House of Commons.
Over 400 amendments have been tabled and 400 pieces of written evidence received.
It is expected that the committee stage may not be completed before the end of April.

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The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Myers & Co—Jen Goodwin

Boies Schiller Flexner—Lindsay Reimschussel

Corker Binning—Priya Dave