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MPs to vote again on Assisted Dying Bill - will it pass and what has changed?
- The Assisted Dying Bill, proposing to allow some terminally ill adults to end their lives, returns to the Commons for amendment votes expected next week after first passing in November with a 55 majority.
- The bill’s return follows shifts in MP support, with 20 changing their votes and debates over safeguards, especially concerning protections for vulnerable groups such as those with eating disorders.
- Campaigners warn that current safeguards might not exclude people with anorexia from eligibility, citing risks from other countries where assisted deaths included individuals with severe mental illnesses.
- Labour minister Sir Chris Bryant said he abstained previously but will now vote for the bill after hearing ample debate and stories of despair among affected people.
- The bill’s outcome could significantly affect vulnerable people’s care and rights, but concerns remain about its safety and potential political divisiveness ahead of future elections.
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The assisted dying Bill has taken a very alarming turn. I fear the debate is being rigged – Lord Stewart Jackson
I followed closely the recent debate on the first day of Report Stage of Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill. As I have written previously, I have very significant concerns about this Bill and its impact on vulnerable people, and I have not liked how Ms Leadbeater has approached seeking to drive her Bill through Parliament. Sadly, what I saw at Report Stage has not led me to alter my view on these things. Ms Leadbeater and her supporters have…
Campaigners urge MPs to vote down assisted dying bill over anorexia ‘loophole’
Exclusive: More than 250 people who have suffered with eating disorders penned a letter to MPs warning: ‘If this bill had been law during the years many of us were struggling, we would have used it to end our lives’
Supporters of Assisted Dying Bill have written to Banbury’s MP with findings from town visit - Banbury FM
The Bill is being debated in parliament again today The Assisted Dying Bill is back in the Commons today, with Banbury’s MP Sean Woodcock amongst the MPs who will be listening to the points raised before deciding how he will vote. Ahead of today’s session the Oxfordshire Dignity in Dying group wrote to Mr Woodcock, hoping to persuade him to support the bill. The group were in Banbury Town Centre a couple of weeks ago and over a three-hour period…
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