Labour MP for Rother Valley, and co-sponsor of the Bill – said the proceedings showed “Parliament at its best”. This is an incorrect assessment.

MPs who voted in favour of the assisted dying bill have raised concerns about parts of it and want to see changes before giving it final approval. Some are worried about the bill's provisions to allow doctors to raise assisted dying as an option without the terminally ill patient having asked for it first.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was rushed before MPs before it had been fully considered. Leadbeater and others in favour of state-supported suicide have spent recent weeks insisting that the proposed legislation will included such safeguards as to make abuse impossible.