HOC debates Kim Leadbeater's assisted dying bill - LIVE

HOC debates Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill – LIVE

MPs discuss Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill, with the possibility of a vote on the amended proposed legislation.

The bill passed the first stage of the Commons last November. Since then the details have been pored over and dozens of amendments added by both sides.

A vote to pass or reject the bill is not likely to take place on Friday, but rather in June.

Friday’s debate comes as the government quietly made changes to its impact assessment on assisted dying. It admitted errors in calculating how many people could take up the service if it becomes law.

It reduced its upper estimate for the number of assisted deaths in the first year from 787 to 647.

Several MPs opposed to the bill have described the process as “chaotic”.

But Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP behind the bill, said it was coming back to the Commons “even stronger”.

She urged MPs to “grasp this opportunity with both hands”.