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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

Two Government ministers to sit on assisted dying Bill scrutiny committee

Labour’s Kim Leadbeater is the MP behind the assisted dying Bill which is making its way through the Commons (Ben Whitley/PA) - (PA Wire)

Two Government ministers in favour of assisted dying will sit on the 23-member committee set to scrutinise a Bill to legalise it.

Care minister Stephen Kinnock and Justice minister Sarah Sackman will take a line-by-line look at the proposed legislation alongside voices of opposition including Conservative MP Danny Kruger.

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