In a sign of the level of feeling on the divisive issue, more than 160 MPs made bids to speak during Friday’s Commons debate – the first on the issue in almost a decade.
The bill will now go to the committee stage where MPs can table amendments, before facing further scrutiny and votes in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, meaning any change in the law would not be agreed until next year at the earliest.
The law would allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales with less than six months to live to end their lives, subject to the approval of two doctors and a High Court judge.
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Former PM Sunak votes in favour of legislation
Former prime minister Rishi Sunak has voted in support of the assisted dying Bill, meanwhile Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has voted against.
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