However, this protocol has been temporarily overridden by provisions designed to increase the proportion of female bishops on the Bishops’ Bench, the first of whom were consecrated in 2016. Those on the Bishops’ Bench have a privileged position in the chamber, sitting on the Government side closest to the throne. Until very recently, few parliamentarians have called for the removal of the Bishops’ Bench, but the number doing so has grown markedly. The latest attempt to introduce assisted dying legislation is proceeding through parliament but is not assured of success despite being as conservative as possible: it does not, for example, offer assisted dying for those suffering from incurable motor neurone diseases and who will face the most excruciating deaths. Legislation is proceeding in Scotland, while the Isle of Man became the first UK jurisdiction to legalise assisted dying in March.