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Written question asked by Baroness Coffey (Conservative) on Friday, 24 October 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Friday, 7 November 2025. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Thursday, 13 November 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have requested a Legislative Consent Motion for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill from (1) the Senedd, (2) the Northern Ireland Assembly, and (3) the Scottish Parliament; and if so, whether they will lay those letters of request in the Library of the House.

Answer

The Government does not intend to place the requested advice or correspondence related to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill into the Library of the House.

Government advice and correspondence related to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is in line with Government policy to ensure coherence of the statute book, and to help to ensure the bill is workable, whilst remaining neutral on the matter of assisted dying. In relation to legislative consent motions, requesting legislative consent motions from Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland is a matter for the sponsor. The Government continues to offer technical advice to ensure the devolution settlement is respected.

The Department recognises the importance of promoting openness and transparency in Government. However, it is also in the public interest that the Government can engage confidentially with the sponsors of the bill, so that the advice the Department provides in relation to the operability and soundness of the bill can be free and frank, both in relation to this bill and any future private member’s bill where the Government engages closely with the sponsor.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL11300
Session
2024-26
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Euthanasia Terminal illnesses
Legislation
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-26
Link
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