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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nina Lloyd

Assisted dying backers could seek to bypass Lords block with Parliament Act

Lord Charlie Falconer has said the Parliament Act could be used to bypass a block in the Lords (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Archive)

Supporters of assisted dying could seek to bypass opposition in the Lords using a rare parliamentary procedure to get the Bill on the statute books.

Sponsors of the legislation believe the Parliament Act could be invoked to override objections from peers if the draft law is not approved before the King’s Speech in May.

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