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Tanni Grey-Thompson concerned for disabled community after assisted dying bill passes
Former Paralympian, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has raised her concerns for the disabled community in the wake of the government passing the assisted dying bill through the House of Commons. Grey-Thompson sits in the House of Lords and has stated she hopes to amend the bill and make it stronger so that disabled people are less likely to be coerced into agreeing to assisted dying. The baroness said, "Right now a lot of disabled people are worried and this is the job of the Lords, line by line legislation." The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was approved by 341 votes to 291 at its third reading in the House of Commons, a majority of 23.
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independent.co.uk
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When would assisted dying be available if Leadbeater’s bill passes?
The Bill is back in the Commons for a debate and major vote which would see it either pass to the House of Lords or fall
