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Health · 24 April 2026

Assisted dying bill runs out of time today

Assisted dying bill runs out of time today

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Terminally ill adults won't get the proposed right through this bill for now. Sky News reported that the Terminally Ill Adults Bill had run out of time after slow progress in the Lords. MPs passed it in June 2025, and peers were due to hold their 16th and final debate in the House of Lords.

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