Lauren Edwards: “The Parliament Acts are just there as a back stop or insurance policy against another undemocratic filibuster that would…”

After giving the matter a great deal of thought, I will be reintroducing the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

I believe it is a fundamental democratic principle that the elected chamber, the House of Commons, should decide what does and does not become law in this country.

All we are trying to do is put proper safeguards around this so people can die in a peaceful way instead of these horrible examples we are seeing in this country.

Those people quite rightly had a hope that this was going to be introduced.