Overview
- Peers unanimously backed a non-binding motion to provide further debating time after warnings that delays could sink the bill.
- More than 1,000 amendments have been tabled, with supporters alleging filibustering and opponents insisting the draft is unsafe and requires rigorous scrutiny.
- Press Association analysis suggests peers’ allowances for the days allocated so far could total about £1.95 million if current attendance and claiming patterns continue.
- Lord Falconer said the Lords has spent about 32 hours so far, with only 10 of roughly 84 amendment groups considered across four committee days and 50 more hours scheduled.
- The proposal would allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales with less than six months to live to seek a medically assisted death, subject to approval by two doctors and a multi‑professional panel.