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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Bethan McKernan, Wales correspondent

Senedd votes in favour of implementing Westminster’s assisted dying bill

The Welsh parliament building
Members of the Welsh parliament voted 28 for and 23 against the Westminster assisted dying bill. Photograph: eye35.pix/Alamy

Wales’s Senedd has voted in favour of implementing Westminster’s assisted dying bill, overcoming a constitutionally awkward situation that could have forced terminally ill people who wish to end their lives to travel to England or seek private provision.

In a debate stretching into Tuesday night in the Senedd’s newly expanded chamber, members voted 28 for and 23 against, with two abstentions. Should the legislation pass the House of Lords, the matter will require another Senedd vote after May’s Welsh elections.

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