| Heading: |
Internet: Suicide |
| Question ID: |
1795340 |
| UIN: |
46649 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5353 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Anna Gelderd
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Anna Gelderd
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to review legislation on (a) aiding and (b) abetting suicide through the (i) online promotion and (ii) sale of lethal substances. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-28 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4849 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Alex Davies-Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
AlexDaviesJones
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AlexDaviesJones
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| Answer text: |
It is already an offence to do an act capable of encouraging or assisting suicide under section 2(1) of the Suicide Act 1961 where that act is intended to encourage or assist suicide or attempted suicide.The Government has no plans to review that offence.... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |