Overview

• MPs approved the assisted dying bill at its third reading in the House of Commons on June 21 and the legislation now proceeds to the House of Lords.
• Supporters project the law could be implemented by 2029 to enable terminally ill adults in England and Wales to request medically assisted death.
• BBC Breakfast hosts Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt experienced a major technical glitch that left Rebecca Wilcox unable to hear at the start of her live video interview.
• After reconnecting from her Woking home, Wilcox highlighted the hopes and wishes of families who endured painful end-of-life experiences to illustrate the bill’s importance.
• Wilcox has campaigned alongside her mother, Dame Esther Rantzen, who is living with stage-four lung cancer, to press for legal medical assistance for those facing terminal illness.