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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Michael Savage Policy editor

Wavering supporters of assisted dying bill ‘are not certain to vote it into law’

David Davis in a suit and tie
The Conservative MP David Davis has urged Kim Leadbeater to write to those who voted for her bill about concerns they may still have. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

A wavering group of MPs who backed parliament’s historic vote in favour of assisted dying may yet oppose its passage into law without further reassurances, the bill’s supporters are being warned, amid concerns that significant hurdles still remain.

MPs voted in favour of a change with a 55-vote majority on Friday, after a momentous five-hour debate over allowing assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and Wales with less than six months to live.

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