The Bill, proposed by Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur, was passed by 70 votes to 56 following nearly five hours of debate ...

Liam McArthur is a Liberal Democrat and therefore a fundamentally inoffensive chap. Owlish and earnest, firm but polite, he ...

In the meantime, Scotland’s Assisted Dying Bill champion, Scottish Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur, said he’ll continue to have ...

John Keenan, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Paisley, expressed his “sadness” that MSPs backed an historic law change on ...

John Keenan, the Bishop of Paisley and the President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, expressed his “sadness” that MSPs backed the general principles of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill ...

MSPs from the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs & Islands Committee have visited three estates in the Cairngorms National ...

Holyrood has voted for the first time to consider legalising assisted dying for people with terminal illnesses, following a ...

MSPs backed the general principles of assisted dying as psychiatrists raised "serious concerns" over Bill. | ITV National ...

HOLYROOD tonight paved the way for assisted dying in Scotland. MSPs voted by 70 to 56 to backing the controversial law – meaning the right-to-die legislation passes its first parly hurdle.

Kim Leadbeater said she is ‘pleased’ that MSPs backed the general principles of assisted dying as psychiatrists raised ...

The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) said it cannot back the Bill for England and Wales in its current form.