Assisted dying bill ‘no hope’ of passing unless Lords change approach, warns peer

Lord Falconer said the bill has “absolutely no hope” of passing without a “fundamental change” in approach.

Pressed on the controversy of using the Parliament Act to prevent the Lords from blocking the bill a second time, Lord Falconer said: “The issue about assisted dying is very controversial, but ultimately somebody in our constitution has got to decide whether the country should make the change.