Rantzen accused of being ‘disrespectful’ as MPs debate assisted dying bill – UK politics live
About 150 changes have been made to the bill since MPs voted on it last yearRantzen 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”.In her speech Leadbeater s