| Heading: |
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill |
| Question ID: |
1813068 |
| UIN: |
60182 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-16 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4785 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Ben Spencer
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| Asking Member handle: |
DrBenSpencer
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@DrBenSpencer
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on the operation of the Mental Health Act 1983. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
2025-06-20 |
| Date answered: |
2025-06-24 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4359 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Kinnock
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| Answering Member handle: |
skinnock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@skinnock
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
The Government is neutral on the matter of assisted dying and the passage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.The Government also has a duty to the statute book and to ensure that the legislation, if passed, is effective, robust, and workable.... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |