MPs vote 330-275 in favour of assisted suicide bill
MPs have just voted by 330 votes to 275 in support of Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill.
This means that the Bill will now proceed on to Committee Stage.
A large number of MPs from across the political spectrum came together to give powerful speeches against the Bill during the debate today. They made it clear that this dangerous and extreme change to our laws would put the vulnerable at risk and see the ending of many lives through assisted suicide.
Although the Bill has passed Second Reading, the vote was far closer than commentators originally predicted and this is just the first stage of a long journey through the Commons, followed by the Lords, for this dangerous assisted suicide Bill before it becomes law.
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