Liam McArthur

Demonstrators during a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London to call for reform as peers debate the new assisted dying legislation. Concerns have been raised with MSPs that women living with an abusive partner who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness could be "coerced into consenting to an assisted death".

Assisted dying laws ‘could be lethal weapon for domestic abusers’

The average cost of a simple funeral has risen 3.5% in a year

Assisted dying would have prevented father 'brutally' taking own life

Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur introduced the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Assisted dying rules warning over 'cross-border flow' fears

Liam McArthur

MSP behind Scottish assisted dying Bill is ‘confident' of backing

Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur published his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill in March this year

Analysis What the assisted dying vote in Westminster means for Scotland

Parliament will once again debate assisted dying. Photo: Adobe

Exclusive Assisted dying opponents 'are spreading misinformation'

John Swinney

John Swinney says he is still 'wrestling' with assisted dying plans

John Swinney

John Swinney says he is still 'wrestling' with assisted dying plans

Beware the cynical use of 'kindness' as a weapon in serious debate Euan McColm

Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur published his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill in March this year (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Analysis How Holyrood treading carefully could help assisted dying become law

Health Secretary Neil Gray. Picture: PA

Assisted dying is beyond the powers of Scottish Parliament, says SNP

Tanni Grey-Thompson

Tanni Grey-Thompson: Scottish assisted dying plans pose 'real risk'

Liam McArthur after publishing his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill

Changing law to allow assisted dying will lead to ‘unjust deaths’, opponents say

A doctor in Belgium preparing for an assisted death. Image: Getty Images.

Campaigners say 'no one' should be eligible for assisted dying

Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur published his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill in March this year (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Assisted dying bill mustn't fail because of wealthy and well-connected opponents

Plans to legalise assisted dying in Scotland have been brought forward by Liam McArthur MSP

GP has 'little confidence' over handling of assisted dying law after gender Bill

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Scottish Tories to vote against plans for releasing prisoners early

Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon says she is ‘veering away’ from supporting assisted dying law

Why the spectre of coercion has eroded my support for assisted dying Euan McColm

Liam McArthur poses for photographs and interviews as he has today published his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

MSP behind assisted dying plan ‘open to discussion’ about raising age limit

If a person has only a few days to live, medics can withdraw treatment at the patient's request, says reader (Picture: Robert Kneschke/Adobe)

Readers' Letters: Sometimes people just need to die

Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur (centre, left), alongside other MSPs, during a media event at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, after publishing his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. Photo: Jane Barlow

Assisted dying ‘cannot come soon enough for terminally ill' says MSP

Campaigners in support of assisted dying gather outside the Houses of Parliament in 2015

Scotland's assisted dying proposals, the safeguards and concerns

Assisted Dying Bill must not be another entry on the list of botched legislation

Liam McArthur MSP signs a pledge card in support of his Assisted Dying Bill at the Scottish Parliament (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Three-quarters of Scots back assisted dying laws, poll suggests

Kevan Donoghue, who died from cancer, with his wife and former nurse, Patricia Donoghue

'He accepted death, but why did he have to suffer?'

Royal Caribbean International's Anthem of the Seas cruise ship calls at Greenock port (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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Liam McArthur is bringing forward a Bill to legalise assisted dying in Scotland

New assisted dying report should give public ‘reassurances’, says Lib Dem MSP

Our Duty of Care says more should be invested in palliative care rather than legalising assisted dying in Scotland.

Assisted dying: Campaigners call for better palliative care funding

Is Holyrood up to properly scrutinising assisted suicide Bill? Murdo Fraser

Liam McArthur is bringing forward a Bill to legalise assisted dying in Scotland

MSP thinks there is enough support for general principle of Assisted Dying Bill

Longest FAI wait in Scotland stretches to more than eight years

Dame Esther Rantzen. Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

Starmer backs call for change in assisted dying law as Rantzen champions move

In November, the Scottish Government set up the Palliative and End of Life Care Strategy Steering Group, to oversee the development and delivery of a new palliative and end of life care strategy and associated work programmes. Picture: Getty Images

Fewer Scots will be able to choose where they die, warns charity

Bake Off star Prue Leith to attend Holyrood event in support of assisted dying

Members of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service at the scene of a fire, as the cost to maintain fire service buildings in Scotland has risen by more than 56 per cent in the last five years, figures show. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Fire service buildings maintenance costs soar as oldest engine now 31 years old

A lawyer based in Hamilton says courtroom delays need to be treated as a "national crisis" as it is putting people off working on the frontline of the justice system.

Courtroom delays need to be treated as a 'national crisis'

Jury trials are not currently taking place in Orkney.

Justice secretary told to take action on lack of jury trials in the islands

Terminally ill people shouldn't have to go to Switzerland to end their suffering Christine Jardine

Dozens of Scots have travelled to Switzerland for an assisted death

At least 25 Scots have gone to Switzerland for assisted death – charity

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Ministers branded 'spectacularly unhelpful' amid deposit return scheme FOI row

Pentalina aground at St Margaret's Hope on Saturday.

Transport minister reiterates 'no pressure' on Pentalina certification process
Holyrood’s transport minister has reiterated there was no pressure placed on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to rush the safety certification of a ferry that...

Pentalina aground at St Margaret's Hope on Saturday. Picture: RNLI/Longhope RNLI

Investigation demanded into safety of grounded ferry amid 'pressure' claims

MV Pentalina had been out of passenger service apart from some brief private contracts since 2019.

Minister ‘not aware’ of pressure to give MV Pentalina safety certificate

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Ministers urged to explain why deposit return scheme firm is exempt from FOI

Aleksandr Ivulin has been released from prison.

Belarusian political prisoner ‘adopted’ by Scots MSP is released from jail

Giving a value to cans and bottles means they are much less likely to be thrown away (Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Deposit return scheme is a good idea at risk of being tarnished

Kate Forbes has lost support in the race to be the next SNP leader due to her views on social issues.

Kate Forbes: 'Right to practice' must be balanced in any conversion therapy ban

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Anas Sarwar: I don't 'instinctively support' moves to legalise assisted dying

Scotland's Deputy First Minister and temporary Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Economy, John Swinney MSP, sat next to First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, as he delivers the Scottish Budget to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.

Scottish Men's Sheds offered additional cash which could stave off fear of cuts

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: Andy Buchanan - Pool/Getty Images

Nicola Sturgeon yet to come to 'final view' on assisted dying legislation

Rt Rev Iain Greenshields

Kirk fears assisted dying could be seen as 'cost-saving opportunity'

Assisted dying legislation is expected to be introduced in the early part of 2023.

Kirk moderator raises fears assisted dying safeguards will be 'loosened'

Liam McArthur is bringing forward a bill to legalise assisted dying in Scotland

Plans to legalise assisted dying in Scotland take step forward

Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur wants to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill

Assisted dying plans in Scotland should go further, says Dignitas

Liam McArthur MSP will lodge his assisted dying bill today.

Three quarters in favour of Scottish assisted dying bill following consultation

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