Assisted Dying Update For UK Citizens (the best nation on earth 😝)

[4.I.2.Must.Die]

The Government has responded to the petition you signed – "Hold a parliamentary vote on assisted dying".

Government responded:

It remains the Government's view that any change to the law in this sensitive area is a matter for Parliament to decide.

The Government has the utmost sympathy for anyone experiencing the pain of watching a loved one deal with a life-threatening or degenerative condition.

Whether there are any circumstances in which it should not be an offence to assist another person to die is something on which there are passionately held but deeply divided views. Even amongst those who support a change in the law, there are differing ideas on where the line should be drawn, what safeguards should be in place and for whom. Conversely, others feel strongly that the law should not be changed and that safeguards will not necessarily give enough protection to vulnerable people who may feel pressure, whether real or perceived, to end their own lives.

It remains the Government's view that any change to the law in this sensitive area is a matter for Parliament to decide and an issue of conscience for individual parliamentarians rather than one for government policy. Parliament has debated this issue on several occasions, most recently in July 2022, but has so far voted against proposals to legalise assisted dying.

There is a significant amount of government legislation planned in this session and there is, as always, pressure on the government's timetable. However, the Government is committed to providing time to the Backbench Business Committee which gives MPs the opportunity to bring forward debates of their choice and MPs also have the option of introducing Private Members' Bills which provide MPs with an opportunity to address public concerns and to change the law.

If the will of Parliament is that the law on assisting suicide should change, the Government would not stand in its way, but would seek to ensure that the law could be enforced in the way that Parliament intended.

Ministry of Justice

Click this link to view the response online:

Petition: Hold a parliamentary vote on assisted dying

This petition calls for the Government to allocate Parliamentary time for assisted dying to be fully debated in the House of Commons and to give MPs a vote on the issue. Terminally ill people who are mentally sound and near the end of their lives should not suffer unbearably against their will.

petition.parliament.uk

This petition has over 100,000 signatures. The Petitions Committee will consider it for a debate. They can also gather further evidence and press the government for action.

The Committee is made up of 11 MPs, from political parties in government and in opposition. It is entirely independent of the Government. Find out more about the Committee: https://petition.parliament.uk/help#petitions-committee

Thanks,
The Petitions team
UK Government and Parliament

 

[The Schizoid]

Was it this website that started all of this?

 

[4.I.2.Must.Die]

Was it this website that started all of this?

Yes because this is where you build the support that mandates a parliamentary debate.

 

[Dot]

Yes because this is where you build the support that mandates a parliamentary debate.

Also Esthr Rantzn & hr recnt publcty arnd hr applcatn t/ Digntas

 

[lament.]

Guarantee if this goes through that waiting times would be extremely long, the process itself would be painfully slow and the requirements will be terminally ill with no cure. IF it even does go through.

It would be a start which is great but for most of us here, useless.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

At this point, I'm not going to rely on governments allowing assisted suicide for us. After all, they need wage slaves so they wouldn't just let the most of us go that easily. I honestly think that they would refuse to make any laws regarding allowing assisted suicide but, even if they do, it won't be applicable to the majority of us.

If you want to ctb, don't rely on this at all. Rely on yourself and your (hopefully well done) research

 

[Linda]

Guarantee if this goes through that waiting times would be extremely long, the process itself would be painfully slow and the requirements will be terminally ill with no cure. IF it even does go through.

It would be a start which is great but for most of us here, useless.

It probably would be like that to start with. Then, in a few years, no doubt after another pressure campagn, they would loosen the rules. And a few years later they would loosen them further ... That's the kind of way change usually happens. It's frustrating. But it's better than no progress at all.

 

[4.I.2.Must.Die]

It probably would be like that to start with. Then, in a few years, no doubt after another pressure campagn, they would loosen the rules. And a few years later they would loosen them further ... That's the kind of way change usually happens. It's frustrating. But it's better than no progress at all.

I see it as a two steps forward, one step backwards kinda thing.