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Politics
Rhiannon James

Assisted deaths should be decided by the courts, top barrister says

Bill sponsors Lord Falconer of Thoroton and Labour MP Kim Leadbeater join campaigners in Parliament Square (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

Courts should make the decision on whether to grant an assisted death, a top barrister has told Parliament, as peers continue their line-by-line scrutiny of the controversial legislation.

A previous draft of the Bill included a High Court judge safeguard, but this was dropped in favour of a three-member panel featuring a social worker, psychiatrist and a legal professional.

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