Assisted dying bill introduced in House of Lords

Lord Falconer of Thoroton. Credit: House of Lords/UK Parliament

By Sarah Lowden & PA Media

An Assisted Dying Bill has been introduced in the House of Lords, as the health secretary said it is “a debate whose time has come”.

The prospect of legalising assisted death has increasingly been in the spotlight in the past year, with moves being made elsewhere in the British Isles.