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Scottish government: Assisted dying bill not in Holyrood's powers

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Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults ( Scotland ) Bill would allow terminally ill adults to request assistance to end their life.

Health Secretary Neil Gray said issues relating to lethal drugs were reserved to Westminster .

He said it was the government’s view that “the bill in its current form is outside the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament ”.

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semi-formal

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English

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