The Labour MP behind the UK's proposed assisted dying legislation has asked critics not to kill her Bill in the parliamentary process before MPs have a chance to vote.
The Labour MP behind the UK's proposed assisted dying legislation has asked critics not to kill her Bill in the parliamentary process before MPs have a chance to vote. Kim Leadbeater told The Independent she understood she had "weeks and weeks" of work ahead after the Terminally Ill Adults Bill committee scrutinised the proposal line-by-line.
Labour opponents of the assisted dying Bill have said scrutiny of the legislation "feels chaotic" following the announcement of a major change to the proposals before Parliament.
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