MP forced to leave assisted dying debate early because hearing aids needed charging

UK minister warns against exclusion of disabled MPs

Commons leader Lucy Powell tells POLITICO a new review will consider whether long hours are excluding MPs with disabilities and impairments.

MP forced to leave assisted dying debate early because hearing aids needed charging

Bradford West MP Naz Shah had warned fellow MPs that she would have to leave the bill committee session because if it extended to 10pm because her hearing aids’ batteries would need recharging

Letter to the The Times on assisted dying

Responding to coverage in The Times, including a letter critical of the College’s new stance on assisted dying, we sent the following Letter to the Editor.

Labour MP Naz Shah forced to leave assisted dying committee session early ‘because of disability’

Naz Shah, the Labour MP for Bradford West, has said it was “frustrating” that she had to leave a committee discussing Kim Leadbeater’s bill to legalise assisted dying early, as her hearing aids needed a recharge after 15 hours of use.

New Social Attitudes Survey shows overwhelming support for assisted dying

Scottish Liberal Democrat Liam McArthur MSP has today (Tuesday 18th March) welcomed the latest British Social Attitudes Survey published by the National Centre for Social Research which found that 79% of the British public are in favour of assisted dying. The findings come just days after the Royal College of General Practitioners voted to drop its opposition to assisted dying, which Mr McArthur hailed as a ‘watershed moment in the assisted dyin…