In Westminster Hall, there’s what may prove to be a significant Petitions Committee debate, on e-petition 604383, which urges the government to bring forward legislation to allow assisted dying for adults who are terminally ill and have mental capacity. Supporters will be hoping to show that the balance of opinion in Parliament has tilted their way since the defeat of Rob Marris’s private member’s bill in 2015 – and pushing for a route to take the issue forward, perhaps via a health select committee inquiry.
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