Early day motion · EDM 2030 · 18 Jul 2011

BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MOTION ON THE COMMISSION ON ASSISTED DYING AND THE BBC

Tabled by Penny Mordaunt (Conservative) 6 signatures

The motion

leave out from `House' to end and add `deplores any deliberate attempt to confuse euthanasia with assisted dying; rejects accusations of bias on the part of the Commission on Assisted Death; further rejects accusations of bias on the part of the British Broadcasting Corporation in favour of assisted death; and points to the numerous occasions on which the opposing view has been aired, such as Newsnight on the evening of the Terry Pratchett documentary, 13 June 2011, Question Time on 4 February 2011 and The Politics Show on 21 June 2009.'.

Source: the official Early Day Motions database.