Proposals to allow assisted dying will be laid out in Parliament later this month.
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has tabled a Private Member's Bill to give people 'choice at the end of life', with Downing Street indicating it will not obstruct its progress.
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater said she hoped for 'honest, compassionate and respectful debate' when her Bill, which will be tabled on October 16, is considered in the Commons Read More Launch of euthanasia death pod scrapped as inventor admits 'first patient' needs 'care' She said: 'I never thought I might live to see the current cruel law change.
Ms Leadbeater said: 'Parliament should now be able to consider a change in the law that would offer reassurance and relief — and most importantly, dignity and choice — to people in the last months of their lives. Read More Esther Rantzen pleads with Sir Keir Starmer to legalise assisted dying It will be the first time the topic has been debated in the Commons since 2015, when an assisted dying bill was defeated.
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