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Assisted dying returns to parliament as MP urges peers to 'finish the job'
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- Harry Farley Political correspondent Getty Images Demonstrators on both sides campaigned in Westminster as the bill progressed through Parliament last year.
- Lauren Edwards, the Labour MP for Rochester and Strood, said she would bring an identical bill to the one passed by the Commons last year.
- That bill, brought by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, was not passed by the House of Lords in April after an unprecedented number of suggested amendments delayed its progress until it ran out of time.
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Harry Farley Political correspondent Getty Images Demonstrators on both sides campaigned in Westminster as the bill progressed through Parliament last year. A fresh attempt to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales has been launched, with the MP behind the plan telling the BBC she wanted to "finish the job".
Lauren Edwards, the Labour MP for Rochester and Strood, said she would bring an identical bill to the one passed by the Commons last year.
That bill, brought by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, was not passed by the House of Lords in April after an unprecedented number of suggested amendments delayed its progress until it ran out of time.
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