Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
Liam McArthur MSP introduced this Member’s Bill. It will allow terminally ill adults in Scotland, who are eligible, to lawfully request, and be provided with, assistance by health professionals to end their own life.
The Bill is at Stage 1
Contents
Stage 1 - General principles
Committees examine the Bill and gather views. They produce reports before MSPs debate the Bill in the Chamber. MSPs then decide on the purpose (“general principles”) of the Bill.
The Bill is at Stage 1
Committee Examination
The lead committee for this Bill is the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Find out more about this committee
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee's approach to scrutiny of the Bill
The Committee agreed an initial approach to its scrutiny of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 at its meeting on 21 May 2024.
Further information on the Committee’s approach to scrutiny in relation to this Bill and how it will handle information can be found in its Written statement on the handling of information and evidence.
If you have any further queries about the Committee’s scrutiny of the Bill, please contact the Clerks to the Committee by emailing ADBill@parliament.scot.
Submit your views
The Health, Sport and Social Care Committee has opened a call for evidence on the Bill. The purpose of this call for evidence is to gather views on the Bill. Those views will inform the Committee’s scrutiny.
Share your views on the Bill with the Committee between 7 June 2024 and 16 August 2024
Who spoke to the lead committee in the Parliament
MSPs met with people in committee meetings to discuss what the Bill will do.
Minutes of 21 May 2024 (in private)
Video and Official Report of all public meetings will be added when available.
Correspondence
Committee correspondence sent and received while the Bill progressed through Parliament
Letter from Liam McArthur MSP to the Convener, 27 June 2024
Letter from Liam McArthur MSP, Member in Charge of the Bill, to the Convener of 17 June 2024
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill Financial Memorandum
Letter from Liam McArthur MSP to the HSCS Convener concerning the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill Financial Memorandum, 17 June 2024
Work by other committees
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Meeting on 28 May 2024 (in private)
Committee report
The lead committee will publish its stage 1 report before the debate on the general principles of the Bill.