Question follow-through · 53337

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church of England has made of the potential impact of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Church-owned hospices.

answeredChurch Commissioners

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Answering body
Church Commissioners
Tabled
19 May 2025
Target answer date
21 May 2025
Answer
29 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church of England has made of the potential impact of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Church-owned hospices.

  2. 21 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 May 2025

    Answer published

    Thanks to the pioneering work of Dame Cicely Saunders, many modern hospices started off as church-affiliated institutions. The majority of these organisations and charities have now become affiliated to Hospice UK, which supports over 200 hospices across ...

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