Terminally ill patients react to fall of the assisted dying bill

Assisted dying will not become law in England and Wales after proposed legislation branded “hopelessly flawed” by opponents ran out of time in the House of Lords, with some peers accused of deliberately stalling it.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which had been making its way through Parliament for the past year and a half, fell on Friday, with peers in the House of Lords speaking passionately on both sides of the argument.

The bill had proposed allowing adults in England and Wales, with fewer than six months to live, to apply for an assisted death, subject to the approval of two doctors and an expert panel.

Supporters have vowed to try to bring the bill back at the next parliamentary session.

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