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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

MPs’ committee votes to scrap High Court judge approval in assisted dying Bill

A 23-member committee has been scrutinising the assisted dying Bill (Alamy/PA) -

A requirement for a High Court judge to approve assisted dying applications has been scrapped, with an opponent branding the expert panel suggested to replace it a “weird creature”.

A committee scrutinising the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill voted to remove a clause which had been hailed as the reason the proposed legislation for England and Wales would be the strictest in the world.

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