Assisted dying bill not at end of the road', peer says as time runs short

"The Lords prides itself on focusing on the things that matter and that most certainly is not what's been going on here. The tragedy is that a small number of people in the Lords are blocking a bill that has passed in the Commons."

"It's not the end of the road, because the Parliament Act allows it to go through to the next session, and I'm sure that is what will happen. You've got the Commons, the Jersey parliament and the Isle of Man parliament all passing it, and it's the Lords that are blocking it in England and Wales."

The assisted dying bill appears likely to run out of debate time in the House of Lords before the parliamentary session ends in May, with the government declining to allocate additional debate time. Lord Falconer, steering the bill through the Lords, argues this is not the end of the process, as the Parliament Act allows it to proceed to the next session. He criticizes a small number of Lords peers for blocking legislation already passed by the Commons. Multiple extra debate days have already been added. Notably, Jersey's States Assembly and Isle of Man parliament have both approved similar assisted dying bills, with Jersey voting 32-16 in favor, highlighting that elected chambers across jurisdictions support the measure while the unelected Lords opposes it.

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