"The Labour peer, the first of 95 expected to speak today, told colleagues MPs had backed the plans, and they should scrutinise rather than reject the bill. The legislation proposes allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales, who have fewer than six months to live, to apply for an assisted death, subject to approval by two doctors and a panel featuring a social worker, senior legal figure and psychiatrist."
"There have been concerns among some of the Bill's backers that peers against the proposed legislation would try to block it or "talk it out" so that it runs out of time to become law before next spring when this session of Parliament ends. Lord Charlie Falconer, the Bill's sponsor in the House of Lords, last week opposed an amendment from Baroness Luciana Berger for a special committee sitting until the end of the year,"
A fast-tracked select committee will scrutinise the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Lords, allowing the legislation to proceed. The committee of about a dozen peers will be launched next month and report by November 7 so the Bill can progress before the parliamentary session ends. The Bill would permit terminally ill adults in England and Wales with fewer than six months to live to apply for an assisted death, subject to approval by two doctors and a panel of a social worker, a senior legal figure and a psychiatrist. Some peers warned of a "licence to kill", prompting the compromise.
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