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Yes. This is exactly what I’ve been asking myself, colleagues… anyone who will listen… all week. Did the MPs not see the Royal College of Psychiatrists warnings? Did they not trust this evidence? Are they relying on the Lords? Maybe one of the 314 can help us understand?

Excellent thread by Dan Hitchens I hope members of the Lords read it!

The House of Lords must not be bounced into giving the Leadbeater Bill less than the fullest scrutiny - a PMB needs it even more than an ordinary government bill | my latest for The Critic thecritic.co.uk/the-house-of-l…

NZ's Assisted Dying Law (for terminally ill adults) only came into force in 2021 but there is already a campaign and a Bill to expand it to those not terminally ill All the arguments made are the same arguments that are made in favour of Leadbeater Bill thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360731…

The "choice" of #assistedsuicide, at a time when too many are losing access to life-changing #palliativecare, would not truly represent choice at all.

When parliament voted for assisted suicide, many called it “choice at the end of life”. What choice will remain when the state funds an assisted suicide service over hospices?

.@MySaintMichaels #Hospice CEO says choice would only exist, in the context of legalised “assisted dying”, if “high quality #palliativecare” is “truly available to all people. Right now, that isn’t the case.” thestrayferret.co.uk/in-your-area/h… #assistedsuicide #NotThisBill

But….. 👉 with only 1 reference to palliative care 👉 only 3 mentions of hospices and 👉 no commitment to universal access to high quality palliative and end of life care ❌ we shouldn’t even think about legalising Assisted Suicide ❌ it wouldn’t be a real choice for anyone

I think all those MPs who voted for the Leadbeater Bill need to look at this 👇

“A morbid but relevant point is the tax treatment of pensions. For individuals who are terminally ill and approaching the age threshold of 75, this might factor into their decision-making, whether consciously or not.” #NotThisBill #AssistedSuicide

Peers, MPs & MSPs must heed the same warning. The language & examples driving the Leadbeater & McArthur Bills point to a wider law in time, and many activists are clear about these being first steps. We risk replacing laws set on natural frontiers with movable, arbitrary lines.

The toll from #assistedsuicide - "Senior citizens were 42 times more likely to take their own lives in 2023 than people in other age groups, according to Swiss public broadcaster RTS" swissinfo.ch/eng/aging-soci…

In the past 25 years in Switzerland, suicide among: 🇨🇭 over-85s → quadrupled 🇨🇭 65-84-year-olds → doubled “An analysis of the cases shows that these high figures among senior citizens are largely due to the frequent use of #assistedsuicide.” swissinfo.ch/eng/aging-soci…

From Tom Hunt: Why I still believe assisted suicide will not happen in the UK conservativehome.com/2025/07/11/tom…

The Leadbeater bill’s Commons majority fell by 58% in seven months. “I have had a lot of conversations with people since the...vote, and I still can’t find a historical precedent where support for a Private Members’ Bill has fallen so dramatically between 2nd and 3rd Reading.”

‘There are real risks of abuse, as evidenced by the widely reported misuse of “do not resuscitate orders”, which were at times applied by doctors without consent, under pressure, or even applied to entire groups such as those in care homes.’ ➡️ thetimes.com/uk/law/article…

Interesting analysis by @TomHunt on widespread and growing opposition to the Assisted Suicide Bill to be considered in September by House of Lords See conservativehome.com/2025/07/11/tom… Frank Cottrell-Boyce Tanni Grey-Thompson Baroness J Campbell Stephanie Fraser Rosa Monckton Ian McColl Lord Moylan

“Lords are also entitled to feel frustrated that Lord Falconer expects the more diligent of the two Houses to cut short scrutiny.” If Bill sponsors had been serious, “more work should have been done in the Commons to ease the responsibility of the second House.” #NotThisBill

“It is well established that people living with heart failure have a high symptom burden and risk dying in hospital as the default, without adequate support to enable them to live well.” For #palliativecare to improve, must address differing non-cancer needs and experiences.

I hope the Assisted Dying Bill is “completely different”. It should not have passed as it was drafted but that’s for others to wrestle with - and justify. We shouldn’t have sent a Bill to be “improved” or “corrected” to the House of Peers. We should have done it.