Eighty-six per cent of Members of the Scottish Parliament who expressed an opinion during speeches in the Stage 3 debate on the Scottish assisted suicide Bill yesterday spoke against it.
An analysis of the speeches on day one of Stage 3, completed by Right To Life UK’s policy team, found that of the 21 MSPs who made speeches and took a position on the Bill, 18, or 85.7 per cent, spoke against it and three, or 14.3 per cent, spoke in favour. This represents six times the number of MSPs speaking in opposition to the Bill compared with those who supported it in their speeches. The Government minister did not take a position in his speeches.
