Update: Why did the assisted dying bill fail in the Commons? | Rowena Mason

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MPs quietly withdrew support when it became clear it was not a priority of Andy Burnham’s government following two years of impassioned arguments, tearful personal testimonies, noisy protests and ethical dilemmas, the assisted dying bill for England and Wales failed on a knife edge. The report also notes that Campaigners on the pro side largely blame the House of Lords for making it seem an impossible struggle to get the bill through parliament, following blocking it the first time by putting through more than 1,000 amendments so that it ran out of time.

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