Biography
Kit Malthouse has engaged extensively with assisted dying and end-of-life care legislation through 40 debate speeches, reflecting his longstanding personal commitment to the issue following his 2015 vote and 2026 election pledge supporting assisted dying. His contributions have focused significantly on procedural matters concerning the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, including concerns about the use of amendments in the House of Lords to delay passage and advocacy for parliamentary tools to overcome obstruction. He has also addressed practical implementation questions, such as the role of palliative care, the rights of patients to choose their location for end-of-life procedures, and the position of healthcare facilities and staff.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Before I conclude, I want to deal with a couple of other issues. The first point is about the notion of palliative care, which we discussed extensively on Second Reading. I am pleased that this legislation has stimulated a strong debate about palliative care.”
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care7th of 56899.0
- Assisted dying9th of 37193.0
- Cancer27th of 62239.0
- Mental health290th of 88012.0
- A&E & ambulance response55th of 2586.0
- Heart disease & stroke75th of 3986.0
- Rare diseases46th of 2026.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
What they’ve said
“…However, the passage of the assisted dying Bill shocked me in a number of ways, to the extent that it has tugged in a profound way on a piece of wool in the constitutional jumper, as my right hon. Friend the Member for Tonbridge (Tom Tugendhat) said. The Bill’s passage shocked me in three ways.”
Progression of Bills through Parliament · 2026-06-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Friend’s approach. In the election, I stood on a personal pledge that I would support assisted dying, having voted for it before, in 2015. In my hon. Friend’s view, what importance should we attach to an absolute majority of the House of Commons? The assisted dying Bill passed with an absolute majority of all eligible…”
Progression of Bills through Parliament · 2026-06-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ibuster, does he agree that it has tools at its disposal to allow it to do so? As he will remember, even in the assisted dying debate, we had to move that the Question now be put. If the House of Commons, in convocation, has the majority to override the Government, it can do so, even in those circumstances.”
Progression of Bills through Parliament · 2026-06-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…If I have had my citizenship deprived essentially at the stroke of a pen by the Home Secretary, and I win an appeal, it seems unfair, given that I have won that appeal on the basis of fact, that the Government can continue to deprive me of my citizenship pending a further appeal by them.”
Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill · 2025-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I can imagine that situation, but I have been an enthusiastic supporter of lots of powers to protect the public from people from whom the Minister cannot remove citizenship.”
Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill · 2025-06-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
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