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Seòmar agus comataidhean

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

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

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

Scottish Labour

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

Scottish Green Party

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

Independent

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

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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

No Party Affiliation

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

Reform UK

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