"What we're seeing with this bill, sadly, is well over 1,000 amendments have been tabled, many of which are totally unnecessary and some of which are actually just very cruel when we think about the cohort of people that the bill is designed to help. She highlighted three amendments she argued were particularly cruel. They included one change which would deny an assisted death to anyone who has travelled outside the country in the previous year,"
"another which would check family members for financial impropriety, and one which would demand that assisted deaths are recorded. She called the final one of these incredibly intrusive and heartless. Leadbeater added: What's happening, sadly, is looking increasingly like people who are fundamentally opposed to a change in the law a view which I respect trying to prevent the law passing. And that would be wrong from a democratic perspective, when the Commons has voted for it and there is huge public support."
More than 1,150 amendments have been tabled in the House of Lords to the assisted dying bill, slowing progress after the Commons passed the measure in June. Peers have so far debated only around 80 amendments in three days, leaving over 1,000 outstanding and raising the risk that parliamentary time will run out before completion. Several proposed amendments have been described as unnecessary and cruel, including bans for those who travelled abroad recently, financial checks on family members, and mandatory recording of assisted deaths. Supporters warn that extensive amendment volume could prevent the law from passing despite public support.
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