MPs who backed assisted dying bill don’t expect it to return via act that bypasses Lords

Supporters of assisted dying have a narrow chance to use the Parliament Acts to bypass the Lords. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing/Getty Images

Prominent backers of assisted dying, including the former cabinet ministers Louise Haigh, Ian Murray and Jeremy Hunt, have told constituents they do not expect the bill to be resurrected using the Parliament Acts.

A growing number of MPs who backed the bill have suggested to their constituents they do not support the use of the act which allows the potential bypassing of the House of Lords, where peers blocked the bill.