It will need to clear two more phases of parliamentary scrutiny before it can become law. Doctor Geri Hignett protests ...

Nicki Myers has a condition which means she is barely ever able to leave her bed but says pressures from elsewhere could ...

MSPs voted 70–56 to advance Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying Bill. But real scrutiny lies ahead, with major legal and ethical hurdles ...

A bill to allow terminally-ill adults to end their lives has passed an initial vote at Holyrood.

MPs will soon vote on Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill. Analysis of the second reading shows how religion, identity and ...

MSPs are poised to attach amendment’s to Liam McArthur’s assisted dying legislation.

MSPs backed the general principles of assisted dying as psychiatrists raised "serious concerns" over Bill. | ITV National ...

A bill to allow terminally ill, mentally competent adults to access assisted dying in Scotland has passed its stage one vote ...

The stage one vote on the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill was passed in Holyrood on Tuesday night (May 13) with 70 ...

The Bill, backed by the Daily Express Give Us Our Last Rights campaign, would allow adults over 18 who are terminally ill and ...

The controversial legislation is due back in Parliament on Friday as MPs kick of the so-called 'report stage' of scrutiny.

The Bill, proposed by Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur, was passed by 70 votes to 56 following nearly five hours of debate ...