Assisted Dying: What's next for Scotland?

Podlitical

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Government, News

4.6 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

As MPs back proposals for assisted dying in England & Wales, what's next for Scotland? Podlitical's Rajdeep Sandhu sits down with two MPs and two MSPs who are split on support/opposition for assisted dying - Scottish Labour's Graeme Downie MP, Scottish Conservative Murdo Fraser MSP, Scottish Liberal Democrat Liam McArthur MSP, and the SNP's Seamus Logan MP - to discuss the implications of the assisted dying vote in Westminster on Scotland, and the upcoming bill in Holyrood on assisted dying, as well as what it was like to be in the room of such an important vote. What lessons can be learned from the Westminster debate, and will a devolved approach to assisted dying work?

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds. You're listening to BBC Scotland.
0:12.8	Hi, you're listening to Political BBC Scotland's podcast that brings you the biggest stories coming out of Hollywood and Westminster.
0:20.9	It's eight minutes past two
0:22.7	on Tuesday the 3rd of December.
0:24.7	I'm Raj Seep Sandu, a journalist based in Westminster.
0:28.2	And today, joining me, we have...
0:31.0	I'm Graham Downey. I'm the Scottish Labour MP
0:32.9	for Dunferman and Dollar.
0:34.6	Hi, Razdeep. I'm Seamus Logan,
0:36.5	the MP for Aberdeenshire North and
0:38.5	Murray East for the SNP. And in Holyrood, we also have... I'm Liam MacArthur. I'm the Scottish
0:45.0	Liberal Democrat MSP for Orkney. Murdo Fraser. I'm the Scottish Conservative MSP for
0:51.2	Mid-Skotland and Fife. Thank you, you everyone for joining me today. And the reason why we're all
0:57.3	here is because last week, Westminster passed a bill to the next stage. Obviously, it's kind of
1:03.5	given the green light and I think you guys can probably explain that process better than I can
1:07.6	on assisted dying in England and Wales.
1:11.3	The debate was heard on Friday.
1:13.5	I was watching it.
1:14.3	It seemed very emotional.
1:15.8	Lots of MPs wanting to have their say.
1:18.6	Some were close to tears as I was watching it.
1:20.9	And the Chamber was packed for the whole thing,
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