Departments ready to work on assessment of its workability as critics say it is proceeding the ‘wrong way round’
Civil servants and ministers will begin work on implementing the assisted dying bill if it passes its first stage in parliament on Friday, but the Guardian understands it will not be adopted as a government bill.in the case of terminal illness. It is a private member’s bill, brought by the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, which means the government is technically neutral on the issue.
A government source said that a Ministry of Justice minister would then be assigned to the committee, who could recommend amendments for Leadbeater to adopt. MPs could vote twice more on the bill, including on any new amendments and again at third reading, after which it will go to the House of Lords.
“Should the bill pass its second reading, the government will work with the sponsoring members to make sure this bill is operable and is implementable,” Powell said. The Conservative MP Jesse Norman accused the government of proceeding with the bill the “wrong way round”. “Far from public debate preceding legislation, legislation has preceded debate. This is completely the wrong way round.”
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