10 h. ago Assisted dying campaigner says Lords blocking Bill would leave her ‘devastated’

Hundreds of campaigners congregated outside Parliament ahead of a debate in the House of Lords over the Bill.

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11 h. ago It’s not too late: the House of Lords can still protect disabled people from this dangerous assisted dying bill | Lucy Webster

MPs passed it without sufficient safeguarding. If there is any point to the upper chamber, it is to give the legislation the open debate we needSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreThe House of Lords has a rare opportunity to prove its worth to the country today, as it begins to debate the assisted dying bill. Personally, I would be in favour of peers throwing out the whole idea, which is what this dangerous and badly written bill surely deserves. But it is unlikely that they will want to go so directly against the Commons, especially on such a controversial issue. So instead I must hope that they listen to disabled people’s groups, as well as legal and medical experts, and at least undo some of the lower house’s most egregious errors.Whether you are for or against the principle of assisted dying (I am pro), we should be able to agree that the passage of ...

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11 h. ago Assisted dying: Former PM Theresa May opposes ‘licence to kill’ Bill

Friday is the first of two days of debate in the Lords on the proposed legislation.

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14 h. ago Esther Rantzen 'afraid of dying badly' as she issues heartbreaking assisted death plea

Dame Esther Rantzen has admitted that she is 'afraid of dying badly' as she discussed her assisted dying plans ahead of the assisted dying bill being debated in the House of Lords

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23 h. ago Record number of peers expected to speak in historic assisted dying Lords debate

Friday will be the first of two days of Second Reading of the Bill, and the furthest assisted dying legislation has gone in Parliament to date.

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35 h. ago Assisted dying: Bishop to tell peers of ‘grave fears’ in first Lords debate

Supporters of assisted dying, including Childline founder Dame Esther Rantzen – who is terminally ill – have appealed to peers not to block the Bill.

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4 d. ago Lords committee suggest parts of assisted dying Bill ‘sidestep parliament’

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will come before the House of Lords for its first debate among peers on Friday.

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4 d. ago Paralympian peer tells of abuse over assisted dying Bill ahead of Lords debate

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson said the proposed legislation ‘could still fall’ if it runs out of time.

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2 w. ago Peers who don't show up to work face being kicked out of House of Lords

Members of the House of Lords will see contributions to debates, voting records and committee attendance monitored - and those who fail to do their bit will be forced out

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