The Labour party still want to push assisted suicide into law, but they're facing an uphill battle. In a major blow to Kim Leadbeater’s plans to revive her assisted suicide Bill, cross-party MPs from the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties who previously voted for the Bill, including former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Conservative MP Sir Jeremy Hunt, have told constituents they now oppose it being forced into law using the Parliament Acts to bypass the House of Lords.
Assisted suicide campaigners are going to attempt to resurrect Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill in the new parliamentary session.
Their plan involves persuading an MP successful in the Private Members’ Bill ballot on 21 May 2026 to bring back the Leadbeater assisted suicide Bill – and then use the Parliament Acts to bypass the House of Lords to force it into law.
Ahead of the House of Commons Private Members’ Bill ballot taking place at 9am tomorrow, four MPs who voted for the assisted suicide Bill last year in the House of Commons have written to their constituents to tell them they oppose any plans to revive the Bill via the Private Members’ Bill ballot and then use the Parliament Acts to bypass the House of Lords to force it into law.
Given that only 12 MPs would need to change their minds should a new Bill be introduced, and any new vote would likely become a referendum on the use of the Parliament Acts as well as on the flawed Bill itself, this strongly suggests any MP picking up the Bill would be defeated.