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25 days ago

MPs' next vote on assisted dying laws DELAYED until after the local elections amid backlash at dropping of safeguards - as experts warn Bill could now run out of parliamentary time

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will now return to the Commons on May 16 rather than April 25, as initially planned, for its next stage.

39 days ago

Labour architect of assisted dying laws at centre of another row after 'misleading MPs' over depth of public support for her Bill

Kim Leadbeater, who introduced the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill to Parliament last year, recently sent an email to MPs to update on her Bill's progress.

53 days ago

76 days ago

MPs could block assisted dying law by swamping Parliament with amendments, admits Labour architect - as she continues to face backlash at 'chaotic weakening of safeguards'

Kim Leadbeater, the Spen Valley MP who has introduced the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill to Parliament, warned against choking off its progress.

79 days ago

Assisted dying backlash rages as Labour architect says cases could be approved by a retired judge, psychiatrist and social worker - and decisions would have to be unanimous

Kim Leadbeater, the Spen Valley MP, has put forward amendments to her Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in a bid to strengthen the proposed legislation.

3 months ago

England's top medic Chris Whitty warns it's 'extremely difficult' to list illnesses that would apply under assisted dying laws - and estimating how long someone will live 'is not a  precise science'

Professor Sir Chris Whitty gave evidence to a committee scrutinising the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which cleared its first hurdle in the House of Commons in November.

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