Assisted dying returns to parliament as MP urges peers to 'finish the job'
Lauren Edwards says she will bring the exact same bill which was narrowly passed by the Commons but ran out of time in the Lords.
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Assisted dying returns to parliament as MP urges peers to 'finish the job'28 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleHarry FarleyPolitical correspondentGetty ImagesDemonstrators on both sides campaigned in Westminster as the bill progressed through Parliament last yearA fresh attempt to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales has been launched, with the MP behind the plan telling the BBC she wanted to "finish the job".Lauren Edwards, the Labour MP for Rochester and Strood, said she would bring an identical bill to the one passed by the Commons last year.That bill, brought by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, was not passed by the House of Lords in April after an unprecedented number of suggested amendments delayed its progress until it ran out of time.Its opponents argued it had…
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