No pressure on MPs over assisted dying vote - PM
The Herald|November 13, 2024
THE Prime Minister has pledged to study the details of a new assisted dying Bill as he insisted no MPs will face pressure ahead of the first Commons debate on the issue in almost a decade.
No pressure on MPs over assisted dying vote - PM

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has described her proposed legisla as the "most robust" in the world, as she stated she expects hundreds of dying people might initially to use a service which could see patients press a button to end their lives.

The Terminally Ill Adults (En Life) Bill will be debated and likely voted on on November 29, the first Commons vote on assisted dying since 2015.

Opposition campaigners In raised fears of coercion and a slippery slope to wider legislation tak ing in more people.

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