Assisted dying Bill to offer ‘strictest protections’ in world, says Leadbeater

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater (centre) joins Dignity in Dying campaigners in Parliament Square, outside the Houses of Parliament (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Wire)

Draft assisted dying laws will feature the “strictest protections” against coercion anywhere in the world, the MP who tabled the proposed legislation at Westminster has promised, with the Bill potentially running to more than 40 pages.

Kim Leadbeater has warned the existing policy leads to people with a settled wish to die having to travel abroad to end their lives.