Assisted dying bill critics attack plan for ‘civil service tsar’ to oversee panels
Amendments tabled by Kim Leadbeater reveal new details about expert groups who will decide on casesExpert panels that would approve assisted dying cases would be appointed by a commissioner chosen by the prime minister, according to new details, prompting criticism from opponents.According to amendments tabled by Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP whose private member’s bill aims to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people in England and Wales, some panels would be able to sit in private, and people refused an assisted death could get the right to appeal. Continue reading...
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Amendments tabled by Kim Leadbeater reveal new details about expert groups who will decide on cases
Expert panels that would approve assisted dying cases would be appointed by a commissioner chosen by the prime minister, according to new details, prompting criticism from opponents.
According to amendments tabled by Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP whose private member’s bill aims to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people in England and Wales, some panels would be able to sit in private, and people refused an assisted death could get the right to appeal. Continue reading...
