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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Assisted dying bill fails to become law after running out of time in House of Lords

Assisted dying will not become law in England and Wales after proposed legislation branded “hopelessly flawed” by opponents ran out of time in the House of Lords - but supporters of the legislation have vowed to bring it back.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which had been making its way through Parliament for the past year and a half, fell on Friday with peers in the House of Lords speaking passionately on both sides of the argument.

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