Question follow-through · 58210

Terminal Illnesses: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on his Department’s suicide prevention strategy.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
12 Jun 2025
Answer
19 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on his Department’s suicide prevention strategy.

  2. 12 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is neutral on the matter of assisted dying and the passage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.The Government remains committed to tackling suicide as one the biggest killers in this country and preventing lives being lost.The s...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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