Debate on bill on Friday, 20 June 2025, in the House of Commons, led by Kim Leadbeater. The answering members were Stephen Kinnock and Kieran Mullan.

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Motion that the House sit in private. Negatived on question. New clause 16 (Wish to end one's own life), previously debated on 13th June, negatived on division (208 votes to 261). Amendments made to clause 2. Amendment to clause 3 negatived on division (213 votes to 266). Amendments made to clauses 7, 9 to 12, 23, 25, 26, 28, and 34 to 37. Amendment to clause 38 negatived on division (223 votes to 269). Amendments made to clauses 39, 43, 47, 50 and 52. One amendment made to clause 53; another amendment agreed to on question (275 votes to 209). Amendment to clause 54 agreed to on division (274 votes to 224). New schedule 1 (Protection from detriment) agreed to. Amendments made to schedule 2 (Assisted Dying Review Panels). Third reading. Closure motion agreed to on question. Third reading agreed to on division (314 votes to 291). Bill passed.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 769 cc699-784
Session: 2024-26
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
Legislative stage: Third reading; Report stage
Procedure: New clauses; Closure motions; Private members' bills proceedings; New schedules; Motions to sit in private
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-26. As amended in Public Bill Committee.
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
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House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Rachel Hopkins | 769 c699 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move, That the House sit in private.
Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 16...; Lindsay Hoyle | 769 c699 (Link to this contribution)
Before we come to the Bill, I would like to say a few words about today’s proceedings. On 13 June...; James Cartlidge | 769 c725 (Link to this contribution)
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. There are reports of an extremely serious incident at Brize Nort...; Lindsay Hoyle | 769 c725 (Link to this contribution)
I can say that I have been given no notice of the incident at Brize Norton; I know nothing of the...; Lindsay Hoyle | 769 c725 (Link to this contribution)
A huge number of Members have indicated that they wish to speak in the debate. I hope that Member...; Kim Leadbeater | 769 cc725-6 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.
It is an honour and a privilege to...; Simon Hoare | 769 c726 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way. What level of concern does it give her that, betwe...; Kim Leadbeater | 769 c726 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I think what he is saying is that people have go...; Wera Hobhouse | 769 c727 (Link to this contribution)
I felt disturbed by quite a lot of the emails that I received from constituents—some of them who ...; Kim Leadbeater | 769 c727 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Member for that intervention, and she is absolutely right; the detail does matte...; Richard Burgon | 769 c727 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Kim Leadbeater | 769 c727 (Link to this contribution)
I am just going to make some progress.
Patients must have
“an inevitably progressive ...; Calum Miller | 769 c727 (Link to this contribution)
I am very grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way. As she knows, the leading experts in palliati...; Kim Leadbeater | 769 c727 (Link to this contribution)
I thank him for his intervention, but I would say, as I have said previously, that people working...; Richard Burgon | 769 c727 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way on that particular point?; Kim Leadbeater | 769 cc727-8 (Link to this contribution)
I am just going to make some progress, if I may. But, as I was saying, it is an either/or decisio...; Richard Burgon | 769 c728 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for giving way; she is being very kind. I came into this House supporting ...; Kim Leadbeater | 769 c728 (Link to this contribution)
I think we have covered that point already. These are not homogeneous groups of people; they have...; Melanie Ward | 769 c728 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Kim Leadbeater | 769 c729 (Link to this contribution)
I will make some progress.
We have a system in which it legal for someone to starve themsel...; Ben Spencer | 769 c729 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Kim Leadbeater | 769 c729 (Link to this contribution)
I am not going to take any more interventions, because lots of people want to speak.
Then t...; Siobhain McDonagh | 769 c729 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Kim Leadbeater | 769 cc729-730 (Link to this contribution)
I am going to finish.
There will be stories of suicide attempts, post-traumatic stress diso...; Siobhain McDonagh | 769 c730 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Kim Leadbeater | 769 c730 (Link to this contribution)
I am going to finish shortly.
Surely we should all have the right to decide what happens to...; James Cleverly | 769 cc730-1 (Link to this contribution)
I have no doubt that the vast majority in this House—probably every single hon. and right hon. Me...; Jim Shannon | 769 c731 (Link to this contribution)
On the TV last night, they did a survey of GPs. The relationship between a GP and a patient is in...; James Cleverly | 769 c731 (Link to this contribution)
I will refer to the hon. Gentleman’s point later in my speech. I will try not to take too many in...; Siobhain McDonagh | 769 c731 (Link to this contribution)
Next Tuesday will be the second anniversary of my sister’s death. Three weeks prior to her death,...; James Cleverly | 769 c732 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady asks me to speculate about a set of circumstances that are personal and painful. I ...; Florence Eshalomi | 769 c732 (Link to this contribution)
The right hon. Gentleman will remember that, in 2021, he and I worked cross-party on identifying ...; James Cleverly | 769 cc732-3 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady makes an incredibly important point, and I will touch on that briefly in my remarks...; Ben Maguire | 769 c733 (Link to this contribution)
Will the right hon. Member give way?; James Cleverly | 769 c733 (Link to this contribution)
I need to make progress.
A number of professional bodies have said they do not have the cap...; Rachel Taylor | 769 c734 (Link to this contribution)
With the safeguards that have been put in the Bill, there will be a panel that looks at those iss...; James Cleverly | 769 c734 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady makes an important point, but I refer her to my second question. Those bodies say t...; Lindsay Hoyle | 769 c734 (Link to this contribution)
Order. After the two opening speeches, we will now have a five-minute limit, and I hope that Memb...; Diane Abbott | 769 c734 (Link to this contribution)
This may be the most fateful Bill that we discuss this Parliament. It is literally a matter of li...; Simon Hoare | 769 c734 (Link to this contribution)
Does the right hon. Lady find it rather peculiar that the previous Parliament spent 746 hours dis...; Diane Abbott | 769 cc734-5 (Link to this contribution)
There has been a lot of talk about there being no evidence of coercion, but within the family, th...; 769 c735 (Link to this contribution); Roger Gale | 769 c735 (Link to this contribution)
Order. I reiterate the admonition that Mr Speaker has offered. This is one of the most far-reachi...; Mark Garnier | 769 cc735-7 (Link to this contribution)
I start off by saying a huge thank you to the hon. Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater) for th...; Naz Shah | 769 c737 (Link to this contribution)
I start by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater), all the Members w...; Jim Shannon | 769 c737 (Link to this contribution)
I spoke to the hon. Lady beforehand, and I understand her concerns. They are the same concerns I ...; Naz Shah | 769 c737 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I think he might have read some of my speech, which...; Kim Leadbeater | 769 c737 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Naz Shah | 769 cc737-8 (Link to this contribution)
I will make some progress.
Hundreds of eating disorder experts, doctors, lawyers, charities...; Josh Babarinde | 769 c738 (Link to this contribution)
The Mother of the House, the right hon. Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington (Ms Abbott),...; Daniel Francis | 769 c739 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with the hon. Member that people in those circumstances should be able to seek an assiste...; Josh Babarinde | 769 c739 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Member will be aware that the Bill creates a criminal offence that would punish those wh...; Jim Shannon | 769 c739 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Member give way on that point?; Josh Babarinde | 769 c739 (Link to this contribution)
I will not, to give others the chance to speak after me.
My constituent went on to say,
...; Peter Prinsley | 769 cc739-740 (Link to this contribution)
As a young doctor, I would have found the measures that we are debating completely unconscionable...; Sarah Olney | 769 c740 (Link to this contribution)
Many Members present will look forward to the day when it is possible for people in this country ...; Bradley Thomas | 769 c740 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Lady give way?; Sarah Olney | 769 c741 (Link to this contribution)
I am sorry, but I will make progress. We would all have been better served by asking a team of ex...; Adnan Hussain | 769 c741 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Lady give way?; Sarah Olney | 769 c741 (Link to this contribution)
I will not give way, sorry. Assisted dying under this legislation cannot be implemented without p...; Daisy Cooper | 769 c741 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Sarah Olney | 769 c741 (Link to this contribution)
I am not giving way. Will there be sufficient psychiatrists prepared to implement the provisions ...; Daisy Cooper | 769 c741 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Sarah Olney | 769 cc741-2 (Link to this contribution)
I am not giving way. By contrast, many decisions are expressly reserved for politicians. Should t...; Vicky Foxcroft | 769 cc742-3 (Link to this contribution)
This is my first speech in this Chamber since the general election, and if I am honest, I wish I ...; Iain Duncan Smith | 769 c744 (Link to this contribution)
I have not spoken so far in these debates, but I have listened and attended on pretty much all oc...; Daisy Cooper | 769 c744 (Link to this contribution)
Will the right hon. Gentleman give way on that point?; Iain Duncan Smith | 769 c744 (Link to this contribution)
If the hon. Lady will forgive me, I understand that many others want to speak, so I am going make...; Daisy Cooper | 769 c744 (Link to this contribution)
Every medical college has retained a neutral position. By my count—[Interruption.] I will go on. ...; Iain Duncan Smith | 769 cc744-5 (Link to this contribution)
I simply do not agree with the hon. Lady on that reading. The professional bodies are completely ...; Rachel Hopkins | 769 cc745-6 (Link to this contribution)
I rise to speak in support of the Bill on Third Reading, because at its very heart are terminally...; Joe Robertson | 769 c746 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Member give way?; Rachel Hopkins | 769 c746 (Link to this contribution)
I am sorry, but we are short of time.
The changes that have been made, including many propo...; Nusrat Ghani | 769 cc746-7 (Link to this contribution)
That was a four-minute speech—thank you very much. I now call the Father of the House.
12 n...; Edward Leigh | 769 cc747-8 (Link to this contribution)
I have served for many years with the right hon. Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington (Ms...; Andy Slaughter | 769 c748 (Link to this contribution)
I will speak briefly and cover just three points. I do not expect to persuade those committed to ...; Anna Dixon | 769 c748 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Andy Slaughter | 769 cc748-9 (Link to this contribution)
I am not going to give way.
The obvious qualification to what should be a clear and persona...; Mike Wood | 769 c749 (Link to this contribution)
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak for the first time on this Bill; I did n...; Shockat Adam | 769 c749 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful point. Can he foresee a circumstance in which a child wit...; Mike Wood | 769 c749 (Link to this contribution)
I am afraid that as the father of a 17-year-old daughter, I can identify with that question a bit...; Daisy Cooper | 769 c749 (Link to this contribution)
On that point, will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Mike Wood | 769 cc749-750 (Link to this contribution)
No, I must continue—the hon. Lady has intervened multiple times.
The promoter of the Bill, ...; David Smith | 769 cc750-1 (Link to this contribution)
On Second Reading in late November, I wanted to express the concerns that I had with the Bill aro...; Jonathan Davies | 769 c751 (Link to this contribution)
On that point, will my hon. Friend give way?; David Smith | 769 cc751-2 (Link to this contribution)
I have nearly finished. For that matter, what will stop relatives anxious to receive their inheri...; Kit Malthouse | 769 cc752-3 (Link to this contribution)
Those of us who have come here today to support the Bill do not speak lightly of life and death, ...; Kevin McKenna | 769 cc753-4 (Link to this contribution)
I thank everyone who has contributed to this debate, both inside and outside the House. There has...; Calum Miller | 769 c754 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Member give way?; Kevin McKenna | 769 c754 (Link to this contribution)
No, I will not.
Many colleagues have talked about whether this debate has been too short, t...; Pippa Heylings | 769 c754 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Member give way?; Kevin McKenna | 769 c754 (Link to this contribution)
I will not.
It is important to think about ourselves as well. Sometimes we Members of Parli...; Gavin Robinson | 769 cc755-6 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey (Kevin McKenna), though ...; 769 c756 (Link to this contribution); Nusrat Ghani | 769 c756 (Link to this contribution)
Order. Colleagues can see how busy the Chamber is, and will understand that not everybody will ge...; Beccy Cooper | 769 c756 (Link to this contribution)
I thank colleagues across the House for bringing thought and sensitivity to the debates here and ...; Jim Dickson | 769 c756 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend speaks of the views of constituents. At a very well attended public meeting of my ...; Beccy Cooper | 769 cc756-7 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with my hon. Friend, and I will come to that point later.
In public health, we focu...; Josh Fenton-Glynn | 769 c758 (Link to this contribution)
I have the pleasure of sitting with my hon. Friend on the Health and Social Care Select Committee...; Beccy Cooper | 769 c758 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, but this Bill is not about negating end-of-life care...; Tom Tugendhat | 769 cc758-9 (Link to this contribution)
Many points have been made already today, so I will not cover them all. Briefly, I associate myse...; Paul Waugh | 769 c759 (Link to this contribution)
Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?; Tom Tugendhat | 769 c759 (Link to this contribution)
I will not.
Those are the words that will give powers to Ministers and to the Secretary of ...; Kim Leadbeater | 769 c759 (Link to this contribution)
Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?; Tom Tugendhat | 769 cc759-760 (Link to this contribution)
I am not giving way. [Interruption.] The hon. Lady has spoken for many hours; I am speaking for f...; Jen Craft | 769 c760 (Link to this contribution)
I rise to speak in opposition to the Bill. Today, we are voting not on the principle of assisted ...; Melanie Ward | 769 c760 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Jen Craft | 769 cc760-1 (Link to this contribution)
I am afraid I will make progress, but I thank her for her interruption. [Laughter.] Her intervent...; Luke Taylor | 769 c761 (Link to this contribution)
It is an honour to speak in this important debate on an issue that exemplifies why I chose to get...; Patricia Ferguson | 769 c761 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Member give way?; Luke Taylor | 769 c761 (Link to this contribution)
I will make some progress, thank you. I start by making the somewhat unusual case that this issue...; Josh Fenton-Glynn | 769 c761 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Member give way?; Luke Taylor | 769 cc761-2 (Link to this contribution)
I will make some further progress.
This Bill would simply give the choice to those who will...; Tom Hayes | 769 c762 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Member give way?; Luke Taylor | 769 c762 (Link to this contribution)
I will make some progress.
Today, due to the extraordinary courage of the hon. Member for S...; Tim Farron | 769 c762 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Luke Taylor | 769 c762 (Link to this contribution)
I will continue.
Nothing I say, however, is intended to simplify the issue, and I acknowled...; Nusrat Ghani | 769 c762 (Link to this contribution)
Ahem.; Luke Taylor | 769 c762 (Link to this contribution)
In conclusion, in the heart-wrenching words of Decca Aitkenhead, who wrote in The Times last week...; Pippa Heylings | 769 c762 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Luke Taylor | 769 c762 (Link to this contribution)
I will not, sorry—I am close to closing.
She went on to say:
“The bill’s opponents po...; Nusrat Ghani | 769 c763 (Link to this contribution)
If colleagues do not want me coughing at the end of their speech, it is best to keep them under f...; Maureen Burke | 769 c763 (Link to this contribution)
This House has heard many personal stories over the course of the Bill. Seeing a loved one die a ...; Jeremy Wright | 769 c764 (Link to this contribution)
It is a privilege to follow the hon. Member for Glasgow North East (Maureen Burke) and many other...; Preet Kaur Gill | 769 cc764-6 (Link to this contribution)
As we consider whether to put the Bill into law, we must reflect on our solemn duties, as legisla...; Peter Bedford | 769 c766 (Link to this contribution)
On Second Reading I spoke in support of the principle of the Bill, because I believe that freedom...; Lee Dillon | 769 c766 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Peter Bedford | 769 cc766-7 (Link to this contribution)
I am not giving way. As a supporter of the Bill, I have listened to the debate closely and I agre...; Chi Onwurah | 769 c767 (Link to this contribution)
In general, this debate has shown Parliament at its best: informed, considered and passionate. I ...; Paula Barker | 769 c768 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Chi Onwurah | 769 c768 (Link to this contribution)
No, I will not take any interventions, thank you.
I particularly fear the impact on the mos...; Nigel Huddleston | 769 cc768-9 (Link to this contribution)
It is always an honour to follow the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West (Dame C...; Imran Hussain | 769 c769 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Nigel Huddleston | 769 c769 (Link to this contribution)
I will not, out of respect for everybody else who wishes to speak.
At some point in the fut...; David Burton-Sampson | 769 cc769-770 (Link to this contribution)
This is my first time speaking to the Bill, so I want to start by thanking my hon. Friend the Mem...; Johanna Baxter | 769 c770 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; David Burton-Sampson | 769 cc770-1 (Link to this contribution)
I will not, because I want other Members to be able to speak.
I supported the Bill on Secon...; Wendy Morton | 769 c771 (Link to this contribution)
This is the first time I have spoken in the debate, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I assure you that I...; John McDonnell | 769 c772 (Link to this contribution)
Briefly, to those who are saying that our attitude is, “We’ll debate the issues, but we’ll send t...; Munira Wilson | 769 c773 (Link to this contribution)
Much of the debate on this Bill has focused on dignity, control and choice. Over the past six wee...; Jess Asato | 769 c774 (Link to this contribution)
I did not start this process opposed to the idea of assisted dying, but having worked in the fiel...; Catherine Atkinson | 769 c774 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend give way?; Jess Asato | 769 cc774-5 (Link to this contribution)
No, thank you. I am sorry, but we have to make time for others.
We know from other jurisdic...; Sarah Green | 769 c775 (Link to this contribution)
I rise to speak in favour of this Bill. First, though, I thank the hon. Member for Spen Valley (K...; Paula Barker | 769 cc775-6 (Link to this contribution)
I am proud to support my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater) as a co-sponsor ...; 769 c776 (Link to this contribution); Lindsay Hoyle | 769 c776 (Link to this contribution)
Order. It will help others if Members can keep to four minutes.
1.48 pm; Ben Spencer | 769 cc776-7 (Link to this contribution)
It is often said that Parliament is the conscience of the nation, but I believe that it is also i...; Matthew Patrick | 769 c777 (Link to this contribution)
Today we are faced with a defining choice. We have debated assisted dying for months, and in some...; Iqbal Mohamed | 769 c777 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Member give way?; Matthew Patrick | 769 cc777-8 (Link to this contribution)
I will not take interventions.
The hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) tabled an imp...; Christine Jardine | 769 cc778-9 (Link to this contribution)
We all, I believe, come to this place every day determined to improve not just our society, but t...; Lewis Atkinson | 769 cc779-780 (Link to this contribution)
It strikes me that the judgment before us today is this: would permitting some terminally ill adu...; Neil Hudson | 769 c780 (Link to this contribution)
I fully appreciate and respect the differing views on both sides of this debate, and I thank the ...; Iqbal Mohamed | 769 c780 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; Neil Hudson | 769 c780 (Link to this contribution)
I will not.
I preface these remarks by saying that I am in no way equating the passing of a...; Lindsay Hoyle | 769 c780 (Link to this contribution)
For the final speech before I call the Front Benchers, I call Lola McEvoy.
2.3 pm; Lola McEvoy | 769 cc780-1 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater) and celebrate her courage and ...; Lindsay Hoyle | 769 c781 (Link to this contribution)
I call the shadow Minister.
2.7 pm; Kieran Mullan | 769 cc781-3 (Link to this contribution)
May I begin by first thanking the Clerks for the considerable work they have undertaken to suppor...; Stephen Kinnock | 769 cc783-4 (Link to this contribution)
I stand at the Dispatch Box alongside the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, my hon. and lea...; Kit Malthouse | 769 c784 (Link to this contribution)
claimed to move the closure (Standing Order No. 36).
Question put forthwith, That the Quest...
Subjects: Disability Codes of practice Death Consent to medical treatment Diagnosis Doctors Employment Equality Domestic abuse Drugs Ethics Euthanasia Learning disability Hospices Mental capacity Palliative care Psychiatry Wales Religion Death certificates Terminal illnesses
Legislation: Employment Rights Act 1996; Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-26
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

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