Sky News’ Sam Coates reports that the government will not be giving the Assisted Dying Bill extra debate time in the House of Lords. Meaning there will be only 5 days of debate left, and the bill will likely fail…
The government chief whip in the Lords Roy Kennedy told the Labour parliamentary committee that there will be no more days given to legislate on the bill, which needs to pass before the King’s Speech and the end of this parliamentary session in May. If it doesn’t, the legislative process needs to start all over again. No assistance from the government on this one…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”