The first stage of the controversial bill, tabled by Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur, divided MSPs in Edinburgh. Across Scotland, it was passed by 70 votes to 56. Paul McLennan (SNP), East Lothian ...

The Scottish Parliament has already turned down physician assisted suicide two times, but that has not stopped those for whom ...

There is nothing in the Bill to say they have to, nor is there anything to say they do not have to, she said, adding on the ...

Sir Keir Starmer has signalled he will continue to support the assisted dying bill as it returns to the House of Commons this ...

The impact of a proposed foreign student tax and concerns about the assisted dying bill make the front pages.

I listened to the recent debate in the Scottish Parliament on the Assisted Dying Bill and was impressed by the respectful standard of the debate ...

The approval of the Assisted Dying Bill is a dangerous betrayal - and a tragedy in slow motion. I am shocked, but most of all ...

Controversial proposals to legalise assisted dying face the threat of being dragged through the courts as experts warn almost ...

MSPs have voted in favour of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill at stage one in Holyrood by 70 votes to 56 with ...

MSPs voted by 70 to 56 to support the general principles of Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill.

Holyrood decided by 70 votes to 56 in favour of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill introduced by Liberal Democrat Liam McArthur, with one abstention. The vote came after ...

Leadbeater says hers is the only bill in the world with ‘three layers of scrutiny’ in the form of sign-off by two doctors and a High Court judge, and would offer the ‘safest choice’ for mentally ...