Assisted dying on Welsh NHS a step closer as Senedd votes in favour

In major vote Senedd backs legislation which could allow for terminally ill people to end their lives.

Senedd votes in favour of implementing Westminster’s assisted dying bill

Should legislation pass House of Lords, the matter will require another vote after May’s Welsh elections Wales’s Senedd has voted in favour of implementing Westminster’s assisted dying bill, overcoming a constitutionally awkward situation that could have forced terminally ill people who wish to end their lives to travel to England or seek private provision. In a debate stretching into Tuesday night in the Senedd’s newly expanded chamber, members of the Senedd voted 28 for and 23 against, with...

By Bethan McKernan, Wales correspondent