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Will Durrant

Peers urged to be ‘very careful’ before any bids to thwart assisted dying Bill

The House of Lords (Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA) - (PA Archive)

Peers must be “very careful” before trying to thwart efforts to pass an assisted dying law, a Labour lord has warned.

Lord Dubs said blocking the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would be a “regrettable step”, and Lord Falconer of Thoroton urged his colleagues to “respect the primacy of the Commons”.

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