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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - UK Legislation

  • Submitted by: Neil Gray, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2025
  • Motion type: Motion For Debate
  • Motion reference: S6M-20037
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 09 December 2025

That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 16 October 2024, and subsequently amended, relating to the prohibition on advertising of the England and Wales Voluntary Assisted Dying Service, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, should be considered by the UK Parliament.


Supported by: Tom Arthur, Jenni Minto, Maree Todd


Vote

Result 103 for, 2 against, 9 abstained, 15 did not vote Agreed

Scottish National Party

For
  • George Adam
  • Karen Adam
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Tom Arthur
  • Colin Beattie
  • Keith Brown
  • Siobhian Brown
  • Stephanie Callaghan
  • Willie Coffey
  • Angela Constance
  • Graeme Dey
  • Natalie Don-Innes
  • Bob Doris
  • James Dornan
  • Jackie Dunbar
  • Jim Fairlie
  • Joe FitzPatrick
  • Kate Forbes
  • Kenneth Gibson
  • Jenny Gilruth
  • Mairi Gougeon
  • Christine Grahame
  • Neil Gray
  • Emma Harper
  • Clare Haughey
  • Jamie Hepburn
  • Fiona Hyslop
  • Bill Kidd
  • Gordon MacDonald
  • Fulton MacGregor
  • Rona Mackay
  • Ben Macpherson
  • Gillian Martin
  • Michael Matheson
  • Màiri McAllan
  • Ivan McKee
  • Paul McLennan
  • Stuart McMillan
  • Jenni Minto
  • Audrey Nicoll
  • Angus Robertson
  • Shona Robison
  • Emma Roddick
  • Shirley-Anne Somerville
  • Collette Stevenson
  • Kevin Stewart
  • Michelle Thomson
  • Maree Todd
  • David Torrance
  • Evelyn Tweed
  • Elena Whitham
Against
0
Abstained
  • Clare Adamson
  • Ruth Maguire
  • Marie McNair
  • Nicola Sturgeon
  • Humza Yousaf
Did not vote
  • Annabelle Ewing
  • Richard Lochhead
  • Kaukab Stewart
  • John Swinney

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
  • Miles Briggs
  • Alexander Burnett
  • Jackson Carlaw
  • Sharon Dowey
  • Tim Eagle
  • Russell Findlay
  • Murdo Fraser
  • Meghan Gallacher
  • Dr Pam Gosal MBE
  • Dr Sandesh Gulhane
  • Rachael Hamilton
  • Liam Kerr
  • Douglas Lumsden
  • Roz McCall
  • Edward Mountain
  • Oliver Mundell
  • Douglas Ross
  • Liz Smith
  • Alexander Stewart
  • Sue Webber
  • Annie Wells
  • Brian Whittle
Against
  • Finlay Carson
  • Craig Hoy
Abstained
  • Maurice Golden
  • Stephen Kerr
  • Tess White
Did not vote
  • Jamie Halcro Johnston

Scottish Labour

For
  • Jackie Baillie
  • Claire Baker
  • Neil Bibby
  • Katy Clark
  • Pam Duncan-Glancy
  • Rhoda Grant
  • Mark Griffin
  • Daniel Johnson
  • Monica Lennon
  • Richard Leonard
  • Michael Marra
  • Pauline McNeill
  • Carol Mochan
  • Paul O'Kane
  • Alex Rowley
  • Davy Russell
  • Paul Sweeney
  • Mercedes Villalba
  • Martin Whitfield
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Sarah Boyack
  • Anas Sarwar

Scottish Green Party

For
  • Ariane Burgess
  • Maggie Chapman
  • Ross Greer
  • Patrick Harvie
  • Gillian Mackay
  • Mark Ruskell
  • Lorna Slater
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Independent

For
  • Foysol Choudhury
Against
0
Abstained
  • John Mason
Did not vote
  • Jeremy Balfour
  • Fergus Ewing
  • Ash Regan
  • Colin Smyth

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
  • Liam McArthur
  • Willie Rennie
  • Beatrice Wishart
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Alex Cole-Hamilton
  • Jamie Greene

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Alison Johnstone

Reform UK

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Graham Simpson