MPs continue to back assisted dying bill, amid complaints multiple amendments not voted on –as it happened
16-05-2025 19:04 via theguardian.com

MPs continue to back assisted dying bill, amid complaints multiple amendments not voted on –as it happened

About 150 changes have been made to the bill since MPs voted on it last year. This live blog is closedRantzen urges MPs to back assisted dying voteOne of the amendments to the bill being debated today has been tabled by the Labour MP Naz Shah, who voted against the bill at second reading. Her amendment 14 would tighten the bill so that anyone not terminally ill cannot qualify as terminally ill (meaning they can use assisted dying) “by voluntarily stopping eating or drinking or both”.
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