Commons assisted dying vote: all you need to know

Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP who came top in the private members' bill ballot last year, and was therefore given a chance of getting her own law onto the statute book, is "confident" that her Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will complete its Commons stages today.

- JOHN RENTOUL

The bill has been through an arduous and often bad-tempered journey since MPs voted to give it the go-ahead in principle in November by 330 votes to 275, a majority of 55. It was debated by a committee of MPs in 29 sittings between January and March. The committee considered 500 amendments and about one-third were agreed.

The bill came back to the Commons last Friday, when further amendments were debated. Today will be its last day in the Commons, when more amendments will be debated and a final vote held. If it passes, it will then go to the House of Lords.

How has the bill been amended?

The main change is that, instead of a court having to approve a request, supported by two doctors, for an assisted death, it will be decided by a panel consisting of a lawyer, a consultant psychiatrist and a social worker.

Other amendments include:

• Requiring the doctors assessing assisted dying requests to have undertaken detailed training on domestic abuse, including coercive control and financial abuse