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Assisted dying vote delayed by three weeks to give MPs time to consider changes

Kim Leadbeater says she is ‘absolutely confident’ postponement will not delay legislation reaching royal assent

The Guardian - UK

Commons return of proposed assisted dying law delayed until May

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater said the three-week delay would give MPs more time to consider changes made to her Bill.

Evening Standard

Health Secretary still plans to oppose assisted dying Bill

The Bill returns to the House of Commons this month for further debate.

Evening Standard

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Conversation on assisted dying ends if bill voted down, says MP

Kim Leadbeater tells colleagues they have duty to change law to spare terminally ill people dreadful consequences

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying Bill process ‘thorough’ says MP as colleague brands it ‘a mess’

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill returns to the House of Commons this month for further debate.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying Bill once-in-a-lifetime chance for change, says former prosecutor

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill returns to the House of Commons this month for further debate.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying: MP says Bill process ‘rigorous’ but cardinal brands it ‘flawed’

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill returns to the House of Commons this month for further debate.

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Labour MP Naz Shah turns on Kim Leadbeater’s ‘fundamentally flawed’ assisted dying bill

Exclusive: Naz Shah explains why, after previously supporting the bill, she now believes it is ‘fundamentally flawed’

The Independent UK

Esther Rantzen’s life-preserving cancer drugs no longer working, says daughter

Terminally ill journalist and assisted dying supporter no longer healthy enough to travel to Dignitas

The Guardian - UK

‘It became very fraught’: how assisted dying bill has changed on its way back to Commons

After nine weeks of scrutiny and 150 amendments, there are still huge unknowns over legislation for England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying law would be implemented in ‘safe and practicable’ way, says PM

A committee of MPs has finished scrutinising the Bill, which will return to the Commons next month.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying bill is ‘flawed and dangerous’ after changes, says group of Labour MPs

Bill, which passed committee scrutiny on Tuesday, has ‘insufficient protections’ for most vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

Terminally ill criticise longer four-year timeframe for assisted dying service

The new implementation period is double what was originally proposed when the Bill was published last year.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying Bill safer, says MP but ‘chaotic’ scrutiny process criticised

Changes to the Bill include a provision for assisted dying to be provided on the NHS and expert panels replacing High Court judge approval.

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The Independent UK

Leadbeater acknowledges ‘upset’ as assisted dying delayed by two years

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater said she was disappointed to propose the extension but said it was “more important to do this properly than to do it quickly”

Evening Standard

NHS will become national health and assisted suicide service, says MP

Danny Kruger said the NHS would, if the Bill being considered passes into law, become the ‘national health and assisted suicide service’.

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying law thrown into doubt as rollout likely delayed until at least 2029

Timeline for implementation in England and Wales likely to be pushed back a further two years, meaning it may coincide with general election

The Independent UK

Proposed four-year wait for assisted dying service ‘too long,’ say campaigners

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is entering the final stages of committee scrutiny

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Evening Standard

Terminally ill say four-year timeframe for assisted dying service is too long

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is entering the final stages of committee scrutiny.

The Independent UK

Fury as Labour MP forced to leave assisted dying committee because her hearing aids needed recharging

Bradford West MP Naz Shah had warned fellow MPs that she would have to leave the bill committee session because if it extended to 10pm because her hearing aids’ batteries would need recharging

The Independent UK

High court judge approval for assisted dying cases scrapped by MPs

Kim Leadbeater, the MP behind the terminal ill adults bill, has proposed that a panel of experts decide on assisted deaths instead of courts

Evening Standard

MPs’ committee votes to scrap High Court judge approval in assisted dying Bill

Proposals have been made to instead establish expert panels of senior legal figures, psychiatrists and social workers to decide on applications.

The Independent UK

Change would see ‘gold-plated’ stage of assisted dying Bill dropped, says MP

Conservative Danny Kruger said the judicial element of the proposed legislation has been stripped away.

The Guardian - UK

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In his reckoning, there are not so much as sovereign states, but properties with tenants that can purchased

The Independent UK

Jo Cox’s sister shares safety fears after abuse over assisted dying bill

Jo Cox’s sister, the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, has told Times Radio the abuse she has received over the assisted dying bill "doesn't leave you feeling necessarily safe as you might want."

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