Urgent question
A senior professor of old-age psychiatry has branded the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ (RCPsych) approach to the Assisted Dying Bill ‘inconsistent with the college membership’. Baroness Elaine Murphy, a prominent medical member of the House of Lords, has added her voice to a growing number of RCPsych members, including a former college president and vice-president,… Read more »
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life Bill) held the first oral evidence sessions today, where it heard overwhelmingly that patient choice and autonomy are enhanced by the introduction of assisted dying. The Bill sponsors and three representatives from Royal Colleges all said that patients will be able… Read more »
In an urgent question from Conservative MP John Baron, foreign minister James Cleverly made a statement on the Afghanistan evacuation following the takeover by the Taliban. The chair of the foreign affairs select committee, Tom Tugendhat, referred to the select committee report which showed that there was a “lack of plan”, and that the evacuation… Read more »
In an urgent question, Labour’s Tulip Siddiq asked for a statement from the government on emerging reports that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was forced to sign a confession in Iran in order to be released to go home. Foreign minister Amanda Milling described the treatment of Zaghari-Ratcliffe as “horrendous” and told the House of Commons that the… Read more »
