Health Secretary Will Vote Against Assisted Suicide Bill

Published on October 29, 2024

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said he will vote against the assisted suicide bill because end-of-life care in the UK is not good enough to give the terminally ill a “real choice.” Streeting also said he was worried about vulnerable ill people being “coerced into taking this route” to end their own lives. The minister confirmed his stance on assisted suicide after media reports from last week revealed he had told a colleague during a private meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party that he planned to vote against Kim Leadbeater’s Private Members’ Bill, which will be debated on Nov. 29. Explaining his position, Streeting told Good Morning Britain on Tuesday: “I’ve come down this time on voting against the bill on the basis that I worry about palliative care—end-of-life care—not being good enough to give people a real choice....

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