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British MPs Support House of Lords Rejecting Radical Assisted Suicide Bill
A significant majority of Members of Parliament believe the House of Lords has a clear constitutional right to reject the “deeply flawed and unsafe” Assisted Dying Bill, as support for changing the law wavers, finds a major new poll.Contrary to claims from Lord Falconer and other supporters of legalising assisted suicide, the poll of 102 MPs found that by a margin of 2:1 (61 per cent to 28 per cent), parliamentarians recognise the Upper House’s authority to amend, block or reject the legislation