It follows warnings that inadequate palliative care services could make people feel they have 'a duty' to end their life under the assisted dying Bill.
MPs and peers are calling for a Royal Commission into assisted dying, amid concerns it could be rushed into law.
The proposed law – branded 'a recipe for bad legislation' by Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick – would legalise assisted dying for mentally competent, terminally ill adults. The Prime Minister has the power to set up a Royal Commission and it could be led by a judge. Parliament would then debate its findings.
Mr Jenrick, Tory MP Sir John Whittingdale, Labour MP Rachel Maskell, independent MP Rosie Duffield, Baroness Finlay, Lord Strathclyde, Baroness Porter, Lord Gascoigne and Lord Banner are among those who have expressed support for the plan.
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