Health Secretary Gray to abstain on initial assisted dying vote

Neil Gray will abstain on the initial vote for the assisted dying Bill (Peter Summers/PA) - (PA Wire)

Scotland’s Health Secretary will abstain in the initial vote on new proposals to introduce assisted dying, he has announced.

The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, proposed by Scottish Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur, will go before MSPs for the first time on Tuesday, with them asked to back the general principles of the legislation.