Assisted Dying: MSPs to Take Rare Step of Friday Sitting to Get Through Legislation

MSPs ‘way behind’ with assisted dying bill debate as three-day scrutiny extended

DEBATES on amendments to controversial assisted dying legislation have been pushed into Friday – with the parliamentary business minister telling…

Holyrood forced into rare Friday sitting after assisted dying row erupts

MSPs will sit on Friday to continue debating Scotland’s assisted dying bill after a bitter dispute over Holyrood’s timetable. Critics warn the…

Assisted dying: MSPs to take rare step of Friday sitting to get through legislation

Politicians to sit late into the night as final vote looms

Swinney intervenes as Holyrood debates amendments to assisted dying Bill

The First Minister spoke out as MSPs debated hundreds of amendments to legislation brought forward by Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur

Scotland: Assisted suicide Bill on the rocks as 86% of MSPs speak against

86% of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) who expressed an opinion during a speech in the debate on the Scottish assisted suicide Bill during the Stage 3 debate yesterday spoke against the Bill. An analysis of the speeches on day one of Stage 3, completed by Right To Life UK’s Policy Team, found that of the 21 MSPs who made speeches and took a position on the Bill, 18 (85.7%) spoke against it, and 3 (14.3%) spoke in favour of the Bill. Th…