The PM said MPs have had enough time to debate the Bill (Image: Getty)
Keir Starmer has dismissed concerns by rebel Labour MPs that they have not had enough time to debate Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying law ahead of Friday’s vote.
Responding to a letter signed by over 50 Labour MPs accusing the Bill of being rushed, the Prime Minister told reporters there has been “a lot of time” to debate the legislation.
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Speaking in Canada Sir Keir told reporters: “It is a matter for individual parliamentarians, which is why I've not waded in with a view on this publicly, and I'm not going to now, it’s coming to a conclusion.”
“There has been a lot of time discussing it, both in Parliament and beyond Parliament, and quite right too it's a really serious issue.
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He said his position remains unchanged, and elaborated that his support for Ms Leadbeater’s bill stems from his time leading the Crown Prosecution Service.
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Sir Keir explained: “My own position is long-standing and well-known in relation to it, based on my experience when I was chief prosecutor for five years, where I oversaw every case that was investigated.”
In 2010, the then-Director of Public Prosecutions decided not to bring charges against a doctor arrested following reports he had travelled to Dignitas with a terminally ill man and helped fund the procedure.
At the time Sir Keir argued that the doctor had been “motivated by a strong belief that the law on assisted suicide is wrong” and that he “did not act for personal gain; did not put pressure on Mr Cutkelvin; and did not take an active part in the suicide itself”.
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It read: “MPs will be arriving at Westminster on Friday morning without sight of the final version of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.”
“Just fourteen percent of MPs have been afforded the opportunity to speak in the chamber on this Bill Several movers of amendments haven’t been able to speak to the changes they have laid.”
MPs will take part in the final ‘third reading’ debate and vote this Friday.
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Daily Express Give Us Our Last Rights campaign
The Express's Give Us Our Last Rights crusade launched two years ago with the heartbreaking story of David Minns. The father-of-two feared that, like his daughter Katie, he would suffer a slow and agonising death from his incurable cancer.
David's powerful appeal led to more articles about those affected by the ban on assisted dying.
Working with campaigners Dignity in Dying, we have travelled far to make the case for change.
There was Zoe Hyatt-Marley, who held her husband Andrew's hand as he took a drug overdose when his terminal cancer became too much.
There was James Catmur, whose wife Helen died of suffocation after she declined her ventilator while dying of motor neurone disease.
And there was Ann Whaley, who accompanied her husband Geoff to Dignitas at a cost of ￡14,000.
Recently, Dame Esther Rantzen shared her own cancer diagnosis and added her voice to calls for a fairer, more compassionate system.
She launched a petition in January 2024 with the charity Dignity in Dying and the Daily Express calling for a debate and a free vote by MPs on assisted dying.