EXCLUSIVE: Neil Gray said the UK Government may have to grant MSPs permission to legislate in this area.
Scotland’s Health Secretary has said an assisted dying Bill going through Holyrood falls outwith the Parliament’s powers. Neil Gray said issues relating to end-of-life drugs are reserved to Westminster and not under the control of MSPs.
Under the proposal, two doctors would have to independently confirm the person meets the criteria and the individual would have to sign a written declaration. Two previous attempts at legislating in this area have failed, but McArthur is hopeful he has the votes. Gray said of “particular concern” was a section of the Bill which gives Ministers powers to specify which drugs could be used to end a life.
He said temporarily allowing Holyrood to legislate in these areas via a section 30 order may be required: “The Scottish Government agrees that further processes would have to be gone through in order to bring the Bill within competence. "There are established mechanisms for transferring powers to enable legislation to be fully enacted in Scotland and no reason why these cannot be applied in this case.
Dr Gordon Macdonald, CEO of Care Not Killing, which opposes the Bill, said: “We have been warning this was the case for some considerable time.
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