The Welsh Parliament has voted to reject a motion calling for Westminster to legalise assisted suicide. The decision is viewed as a significant setback for the assisted suicide lobby who are currently pushing strongly for a change in UK law.
The power to introduce assisted suicide is not devolved to Wales but is reserved to Westminster in London. The members of the Senedd – the Welsh Parliament – voted 26 votes to 19 against the motion. The Welsh First Minister, Eluned Morgan, and the Secretary for Health and Social Care, Jeremy Miles, both voted against the motion.
