Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: stages, votes and documents
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 16 October 2024. Its latest stage in the Bills API is Committee stage in the House of Lords. MPs divided on it 12 times between 29 November 2024 and 11 September 2026; the narrowest margin was 16 (Second Reading).
Stages taken place
10
Commons divisions
12
Documents listed
23
Latest stage
Committee stage
What the bill is for
The long title reads:
A Bill to allow adults who are terminally ill, subject to safeguards and protections, to request and be provided with assistance to end their own life; and for connected purposes.
Sponsors
- Kim Leadbeater (Labour, Commons)
- Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour, Lords)
Stages
| Stage | House | Sittings |
|---|---|---|
| 1st reading | Commons | 16 October 2024 |
| 2nd reading | Commons | 29 November 2024 |
| Power of public bill committee to send for persons, papers and records | Commons | 29 November 2024 |
| Money resolution | Commons | 22 January 2025 |
| Committee stage | Commons | 21 January 2025, 28 January 2025, 29 January 2025, 30 January 2025, 11 February 2025, 12 February 2025, 25 February 2025, 26 February 2025, 4 March 2025, 5 March 2025, 11 March 2025, 12 March 2025, 18 March 2025, 19 March 2025, 25 March 2025 |
| Report stage | Commons | 16 May 2025, 13 June 2025, 20 June 2025 |
| 3rd reading | Commons | 20 June 2025 |
| 1st reading | Lords | 23 June 2025 |
| 2nd reading | Lords | 12 September 2025, 19 September 2025 |
| Committee stage | Lords | 14 November 2025, 21 November 2025, 5 December 2025, 12 December 2025, 9 January 2026, 16 January 2026, 23 January 2026, 30 January 2026, 6 February 2026, 27 February 2026, 13 March 2026, 20 March 2026, 27 March 2026, 24 April 2026 |
Commons divisions on this bill
| Date | Division | Ayes | Noes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 November 2024 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading | 330 | 275 |
| 16 May 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 | 243 | 279 |
| 13 June 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 | 233 | 254 |
| 13 June 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 | 230 | 256 |
| 13 June 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 | 259 | 216 |
| 20 June 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 | 208 | 261 |
| 20 June 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 | 213 | 266 |
| 20 June 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 | 223 | 269 |
| 20 June 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 | 275 | 209 |
| 20 June 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 | 274 | 224 |
| 20 June 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading | 314 | 291 |
| 11 September 2026 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading | 270 | 286 |
Documents
Bill
- Bill 012 2024-25 (as introduced) 11 November 2024
- Bill 212 2024-25 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) 28 March 2025
- 5901112.pdf · 5901112.html · 5901112.xml 23 June 2025
Explanatory Notes
- Bill 012 EN 2024-25 11 November 2024
- HL Bill 112 Explanatory Notes · 5901112en.pdf 23 June 2025
Impact Assessments
- Impact Assessment from the Department of Health and Social Care 14 May 2025
- Impact Assessment from the Department of Health and Social Care and Ministry of Justice - Welsh version 14 May 2025
- Equality Impact Assessment from the Department of Health and Social Care and Ministry of Justice 14 May 2025
- Equality Impact Assessment from the Department of Health and Social Care and Ministry of Justice- Welsh version 14 May 2025
- 6779.pdf 26 June 2025
- TIAB-Impact Assessment.pdf 26 June 2025
Delegated Powers Memorandum
- Memorandum from the Department of Health and Social Care to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee 2 May 2025
- TIABillDPM.pdf 26 June 2025
- TIABillSuppDPM.pdf 11 November 2025
- TIABillSecondSuppDPM.pdf 5 February 2026
- TIABillThirdSuppDPM.pdf 26 February 2026
- TIABillFourthSuppDPM.pdf 10 March 2026
- TIABillFifthSuppDPM.pdf 22 April 2026
Briefing papers
- Palliative and end of life care 27 July 2022
- Assisted dying 26 September 2022
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-25 24 October 2024
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-25: Progress of the bill 9 May 2025
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: HL Bill 112 of 2024–25 29 July 2025
Official record
Sources
| Record | Read | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|
| Bills API: bill | 29 October 2026 | 56f3e02ac43ad358… |
| Bills API: stages | 29 October 2026 | 788911c05b661dea… |
| Bills API: publications | 15 October 2026 | cf15bd602bd49958… |