Campaigners vow to continue the fight in the House of Lords against the assisted suicide bill

Campaigners have expressed hope that the House of Lords will kill the ‘assisted suicide’ bill when the Houses return after the summer recess.

The private members’ bill, brought by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, could be amended, timed-out, or even rejected outright by the House of Lords, as it was not part of a manifesto pledge.

Catherine Robinson, spokesperson for campaign group Right To Life, said the bill only ‘scraped’ through by just 23 votes (314–291) in its third reading in the Commons.