MPs vote against legalising assisted dying in England and Wales – what we know

• Members of Parliament have voted down the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at its second reading in the House of Commons, by 270 votes for to 286 against – a majority 16.
• The proposed legislation would have allowed adults in England and Wales with fewer than six months to live to apply for an assisted death.
• Under the terms of the rejected bill, any assisted death would have required the approval of two doctors and an expert panel.
• The decision followed emotional speeches in the Commons, including Labour MP Ashley Dalton urging colleagues to vote against the measure.
• Labour MP Claire Hazelgrove spoke in favour of the bill, recounting her mother's decision to end her terminal illness under the existing status quo.

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Assisted dying will not become law after MPs vote down bill in dramatic U-turn