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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Daniel Keane

MP behind assisted dying Bill brands 'wrecking' amendment 'disappointing'

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has defended her assisted dying Bill - (PA Wire)

The MP behind a move to legalise assisted dying has branded an attempt to stop the legislation in its tracks through a “wrecking” amendment “disappointing and wrong”.

Kim Leadbeater told BBC Breakfast that a move by MPs to halt the Bill going through the Commons “showed parliament in a bad light”.

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