Assisted Dying returns to Parliament: MPs debate major changes to bill | ITV News
MPs remained divided as they continued an impassioned debate into Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill on Friday afternoon.
Concerns around the prospect of care homes providing assisted dying and the risks of patients turning to Google if not given all the options by a doctor were raised in an at times emotional, hours-long debate in Parliament.
Demonstrators gathered outside Parliament as the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill came back to the Commons for the first time since a historic yes vote in November saw a majority of MPs support the principle of assisted dying.
Since then, the proposed legislation has undergone significant changes after a weeks-long committee process which saw a High Court judge safeguard replaced with a three-member expert panel, and the timeframe in which an assisted dying service might come into effect doubled to four years from royal assent.
ITV News Political Correspondent Carl Dinnen and UK Editor Paul Brand have the latest.
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