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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 »
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The government has published plans to scrap the remaining hereditary peers in the House of Lords and to elect half the members through direct elections. In a new white paper, leader of the House of Commons Jack Straw set out proposals to finish the reform of the Lords that Labour started when it came to… Read more »
The cabinet is today expected to approve proposals to reform the House of Lords, which suggest it should be made up equal numbers of elected and appointed members. Jack Straw, the leader of the House of Commons, has drawn up the plans in an attempt to complete the reform of the upper chamber begun by… Read more »
