As a crucial vote approaches, MPs on both sides of the assisted dying divide have urged colleagues not to force the bill through the House of Lords by bypassing its consent. Labour MPs Gareth Snell and Meg Hillier, who voted on opposite sides of the measure, warned that using the Parliament Act could trigger a constitutional crisis. The bill would allow adults with a terminal illness who are expected to live for less than six months to seek an assisted death, subject to approval from a panel of experts. But the dispute has grown beyond the merits of the proposal, raising wider questions about how Parliament should resolve an issue of profound moral and public importance.
A final choice at the centre of a national debate
The terminally ill adults (end of life) bill was originally introduced by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater and has since been revived by fellow Labour MP Lauren Edwards. It passed the Commons last year by a majority of 2
