MPs vote to scrap High Court judge approval in assisted dying bill

UK Parliament

By Aine Fox, PA Media

A requirement for a High Court judge to approve assisted dying applications has been scrapped, with an opponent branding the expert panel suggested to replace it a “weird creature”.

A committee scrutinising the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill voted to remove a clause which had been hailed as the reason the proposed legislation for England and Wales would be the strictest in the world.