Two ministers to sit on assisted dying bill committee

The government is likely to suggest a number of amendments to the legislation, though they may go down in the name of Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP who proposed the bill. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Two ministers are to be assigned to the assisted dying bill in a highly unusual move for a private member’s bill where the government is neutral – a sign that it will intensely monitor the details of such a significant change.

The bill’s committee will have nine MPs who were opponents of the bill, including its most high-profile Conservative opponent, Danny Kruger, and 11 MPs who were in favour.