In a May 2025 YouGov poll, 75% of Britons supported assisted dying in principle, and 73% supported the bill as it stood. Another poll in March 2024 by Opinium Research found 75% of respondents would … (View Post)

Yes - the Lords have a role in improving it further. That's good governance. What is not good is for a small minority of people who oppose the Bill trying to talk it out of time by tabling and t… (View Post)

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Baroness Grey-Thompson, Lord Carlisle of Berriew, Baroness Coffey, Lord Goodman of Wycombe, Lord Moylan, and Lord Sandhurst, all opponents of the Assisted Dying Bill, hav… (View Post)

Because it was a matter of conscience, it had to be a Private Member's bill. It has been a similar process to David Steel's 1967 Abortion Act which had and has widespread support. (View Post)

No he wasn't a full Cabinet minister. (View Post)