Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 1
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Deferred
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Report offers comprehensive evidence base for future parliamentary debate on difficult AD/AS subject.
Conclusion
Our aim for this report is for it to serve as a basis for discussion and debate in future Parliaments. We have therefore endeavoured to bring together a comprehensive and up-to-date body of evidence relating to this difficult, sensitive, and yet, crucial subject. The debate on AD/AS is not new, and our report is not intended to provide a resolution to it, but we do hope that it will be a significant and useful resource for future Parliamentarians.
Government Response Summary
The government states that should Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide legislation be enacted, it will discuss its practical and constitutional implications for England and Wales with the devolved administrations and Crown Dependencies.
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Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
The criminal law is a devolved matter in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Crown Dependencies are not part of the UK, but are self-governing dependencies of the Crown, with their own health services, legislatures and courts of law. The UK Government works closely with the devolved administrations and the Crown Dependencies on a wide range of matters, and we will discuss with them the practical implications for England and Wales of legislation introduced to allow AD/AS and any constitutional issues that such legislation may present. Should any AD/AS legislation be enacted, we would expect the implementation period to allow time for such discussions whilst the necessary regulatory measures are put in place.