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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Assisted dying bill critics attack plan for ‘civil service tsar’ to oversee panels

Kim Leadbeater speaking at House of Commons
Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP whose bill aims to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people in England and Wales. Photograph: House of Commons

Expert panels that would approve assisted dying cases would be appointed by a commissioner chosen by the prime minister, according to new details, prompting criticism from opponents.

According to amendments tabled by Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP whose private member’s bill aims to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people in England and Wales, some panels would be able to sit in private, and people refused an assisted death could get the right to appeal.

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