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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Assisted dying bill to be published amid concerns over scrutiny of legislation

Kim Leadbeater
Labour’s Kim Leadbeater is in charge of the private member’s bill. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

The assisted dying bill is set to be published next week amid widespread disquiet from MPs about scrutiny of the legislation, which its proponents believe is pushing people towards the no campaign.

The Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, who is helming the private member’s bill, has promised colleagues they will see the detail of the legislation by early next week ahead of the vote on 29 November. Some MPs said they believed the original plan had been to publish the bill just a week before the vote.

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