Member

The Committee considered over 500 amendments to the Bill during line-by-line scrutiny, and approximately one third were agreed to. Those two numbers alone—the number of amendments made and rejected—indicate how detailed and challenging is the process facing the whole House. We cannot escape the very high levels of contention to each and every aspect of the Bill—even whether we should refer to “assisted dying” or “assisted suicide” has been subject to debate. As much as it might be of wider interest to the public, given its greater visibility now that the Bill is again being debated on the Floor of the House, as Mr Speaker indicated at the start of the debate, now is not the time to go into all the changes that have been made. Those interested can refer to the helpful briefing notes produced by the House of Commons Library.