Change would see ‘gold-plated’ stage of assisted dying Bill dropped, says MP

A committee is continuing its scrutiny of the assisted dying Bill (Alamy/PA) -

Expert panels approving assisted dying applications instead of High Court judges would provide a “strength, not a weakness” to a new law, the MP behind the Bill has insisted.

But Kim Leadbeater was accused by Conservative Danny Kruger of dropping a much-heralded “gold-plated” judicial element to her proposed legislation as a committee scrutinised new amendments on Tuesday.