Well, well, well. Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill has made it to the House of Lords, where the legislation will be scrutinised by peers before receiving Royal Assent. The bill wracked up intense criticism as it made its way through the Commons – and it seems things will be no different in the Lords. Steerpike can reveal there has been a backlash from across the political spectrum over the ‘deeply troubling’ revelation that the Lords committee has placed restrictions on the written evidence that can be submitted.

The House of Lords committee that was set up to provide further scrutiny of Leadbeater’s legislation has announced that ‘owing to the short timeframe for the inquiry and the limited scope of the Committee as established in the motion to appoint it, the Committee is not seek

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