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· the extension of financial surveillance and policing powers in the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill.

The Committee will examine the responses and all credible information during its thirty-third session, to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 11 to 26 August 2025.

· the lack of a limited scrutiny because of its designation as a money bill.
· public statements by politicians and authorities portraying disabled people as fraudulent or burdens on society including debates around the Terminally Ill Adults Bill.

The committee seeks answers on:
· the lack of full impact assessments.
· the impact on women, younger people, and global majority people.
· the risk of increasing poverty rate.
· the inadequacy of the public consultation.
· the lack of involvement of deaf and disabled people’s organisations.

Even after concessions and the dropping of Clause 5 our concerns remain. Please note the UN has been given a timeframe for a response which conflicts with Government plans to designate this a money bill, meaning it should not be designated as such.

We have also been through two UN examinations that have found the UK is committing continued grave and systemic human rights abuses of disabled people. Until we can rely on our needs and Rights being met to thrive in society, the risk from this Bill of coerced euthanasia is too great to accept.

As Covid showed us, medical professionals have a low level of understanding of the realities of disabled people’s lives and we were disproportionately the greatest number of dead from the pandemic.

With ongoing austerity, our Social Care, Social Security, and Healthcare systems are in perpetual crisis with unmet need increasing. Disabled People are not getting the support they need to live.

GM Disabled People’s Panel is comprised of 16 organisations led by disabled people, we have a breadth of views across our organisations on Assisted Dying. However on the specific matter of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill we believe now is the wrong time to be supporting such legislation