Watch again as MPs vote on assisted dying bill

Watch again as MPs vote on whether or not to legalize assisted dying on Friday (29 November).

The divisive issue was debated in the Commons on Friday for the first time in almost a decade – having been voted down by MPs in 2015.

Five hours were set aside for MPs to air their views on Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

Ms Leadbeater said she is hopeful this “major social reform” will pass this first stage in the process to becoming law.

Encouraging or assisting suicide is against the law in England and Wales, with a maximum jail sentence of 14 years.

Ms Leadbeater has said the current law is not fit for purpose and her proposals would allow terminally ill adults in the two nations with less than six months to live to end their lives, subject to the approval of two doctors and a High Court judge.