MPs vote again on assisted dying bill for England and Wales

Members of Parliament are voting on Friday on a renewed attempt to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales, in a closely fought second reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. The legislation would allow mentally competent, terminally ill adults with six months or fewer to live to apply for an assisted death, subject to approval by two doctors and an expert panel. The bill has been reintroduced by Labour MP Lauren Edwards as a Private Members Bill, taking over from the previous sponsor, Kim Leadbeater. An earlier version of the legislation passed the House of Commons on June 20, 2025, by 314 votes to 291, but stalled in the House of Lords after peers tabled more than 1,200 amendments and time ran out in the spring. Edwards has urged MPs to send the identical law back to the Lords so peers can finish their scrutiny, saying there is a real human cost to the delay and inviting them to amend the bill and return it to MPs for a final decision.