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

If the bill to legalise assisted dying is thrown out by MPs later this month then “the conversation ends” on the subject, with dreadful consequences for many terminally ill people, the MP leading the process has warned. Speaking at a press conference organised by supporters of the bill, which has its third reading on 25 April when MPs will vote on amendments, Kim Leadbeater said her colleagues in the Commons have a “duty as parliamentarians to change the law now”. The Labour MP dismissed the idea that if the bill was defeated, the subject could return as government legislation or

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