UK MPs vote against reintroduced assisted dying bill at second reading
The House of Commons has not approved a bill that would have allowed medical assistance for terminally ill people in some circumstances.
UK MPs have voted against the reintroduced assisted dying bill at its second reading, an early stage in the parliamentary process.
The bill would have allowed terminally ill people to end their lives with medical assistance in some circumstances.
It was brought back to the House of Commons after being blocked in the House of Lords, according to reporting supplied by The Guardian.
The vote does not establish that the bill has been permanently defeated. The supplied material does not include the result’s vote total, or the names and affiliations of MPs.
The Guardian has provided a tool showing how individual MPs voted.
