IN an emotional day in the House of Commons yesterday, local MPs joined in with an historic five-hour debate and voted on proposed legislation to legalise assisted dying.
MPs voted by 330 to 275, a majority of 55, to approve Kim Leadbeater's Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at its second reading.
This means that assisted dying could now be legalised in England and Wales after the vote saw the proposed legislation clear its first hurdle in Parliament.
All three local Labour MPs joined the majority of the House, including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, in supporting a Bill that would allow terminally ill adults with a life expectancy of less than six months to end their lives. However, Rebecca Smith, the Conservative MP for South West Devon, voted against.
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