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Terminal Illnesses: Suicide

Commons · Question 58210 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 19 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Mary Glindon

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 his Department’s suicide prevention strategy.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 19 Jun 2025

The Government is neutral on the matter of assisted dying and the passage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.The Government remains committed to tackling suicide as one the biggest killers in this country and preventing lives being lost.The s...