House of Commons – June 13, 2025 – d.1323.1.21

New Clause 21 - Provision about the Welsh language “(1) In this section ‘relevant person’ means a person in Wales who wishes to be provided with assistance to end their own life in accordance with this Act. (2) Subsection (3) applies where the Welsh Ministers make regulations under section 39 (voluntary assisted dying services: Wales). (3) Regulations under that section must make such provision as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate for the purpose of ensuring that, where a relevant person indicates that they wish to communicate in Welsh, all reasonable steps are taken to secure that— (a) communications made by a person providing a voluntary assisted dying service to the relevant person are in Welsh, and (b) any report about the first or second assessment of the relevant person is in Welsh. (4) Where a relevant person informs the Commissioner that they wish to communicate in Welsh, the Commissioner must take all reasonable steps to secure that— (a) communications made by the Commissioner to the relevant person are in Welsh, (b) each member of the panel to which the relevant person’s case is referred speaks Welsh, and (c) communications made by that panel to the relevant person are in Welsh, and any certificate of eligibility issued by that panel must be in Welsh. (5) Regulations under section 7, 9, 10, 17 or 26 that specify the form of— (a) a first or second declaration, (b) a report about the first or second assessment of a person, or (c) a final statement, must make provision for the forms to be in Welsh (as well as in English). (6) Before making regulations in pursuance of subsection (5), the Secretary of State must consult the Welsh Ministers. (7) In this section— ‘panel’ and ‘referred’ have the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2;

‘voluntary assisted dying service’ has the meaning given by section 38.”—(Kim Leadbeater.)