Early day motion · EDM 678 · 1 Jul 2020
Abolishing the Department for Work and Pensions' six month rule
Tabled by Drew Hendry (Scottish National Party)
40 signatures
The motion
That this House recognises that it has been one year since the all-party Parliamentary group on Terminal Illness published its report on the legal definition of terminal illness; condemns the rules of the Department for Work and Pensions which mean that benefits are only fast-tracked if a terminally ill person has a diagnosis of six months or less to live; recognises that the Scottish Government has committed to ruling out the six month rule when it takes over the personal independence payment; and urges the Government to do the same.
Source: the official Early Day Motions database.