Prime minister's questions
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 »
PMQ’s saw Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden take-on Deputy Leader of the SNP Mhairi Black. Black noted that Nigel Farage, ardent Brexiteer, has this week admitted that Brexit has failed. “Why can’t he [the Prime Minister]?” she asked. Dowden responded that the SNP are too focussed on national past events rather than fixing the ‘mess’… Read more »
The New Deputy Prime Minister made his PMQs debut against Angela Rayner today, as the Prime Minister makes his way to Japan to attend the G7 summit. Dowden accused Rayner and Starmer of pretending to be ‘lovey-dovey’ for the cameras, and being ‘at each others throats’ behind closed doors. He said that they were the… Read more »
