Points made in Times Leader about reintroduction of Assisted Dying Bill

• 1,300 amendments in the House of Lords show the poor quality of its drafting and strength of ­criticism

• Attempting to drive contentious bills through parliament for a second time is highly ­unlikely to yield the desired result

• The Royal College of Psychiatrists, disability charities and ­hospices said the bill was not fit for purpose

• Supporters of assisted ­dying are seeking to present the situation as a struggle between the Commons and the Lords……because ­assisted ­dying was not in Labour’s ­manifesto, it ­enjoys no mandate. Detailed scrutiny is the job of the Lords

• Using the Parliament Acts would be wrong… a constitutional outrage

• Andy Burnham …. has expressed scepticism about it. Wes Streeting….is adamantly opposed

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