Euthanasia

EDM number 1273 in 1993-94, proposed by Piara S Khabra on 23/05/1994.

That this House welcomes the recent publication in the British Medical Journal of the results of an anonymous survey into National Health Service doctors' attitudes to requests for euthanasia; notes that nearly half of the doctors surveyed had been asked by a patient to take active steps to hasten death; further notes that a third of those doctors complied with the patient's request; considers the recent Lords Select Committee Report on Medical Ethics which considers euthanasia to be an unsatisfactory response to the growing debate in the country; and calls on the Government to bring forward legislation to address this vitally important subject.

This motion has been signed by a total of 7 MPs.