Starmer facing challenge to intervene on assisted dying vote after more than 50 Labour MPs demand Commons delay
Sir Keir Starmer faces great difficulty for his government to intervene and postpone a assisted vote to continue this week on Friday.
A group of more than 50 workers’ deputies, written to the leader of the house this weekend Lucy Powell, this Friday, Kim Leadbeater’deki supported Death Invoice in Commons asked to intervene and postpone.
Instead, they demand the government to provide more parliamentary time to examine a bill that will bring “basic changes ına to the UK health services.
The movement points to a serious division of the issue among labor MPs, and can prove difficult Sir Keir, who is in favor of dying, but trying to stay away from full debates.
Although the draft is a free vote as a problem of conscience for MPs, it is now becoming a division line in the Labor Parliament Party.
Sir Keir and the government constantly insisted when they were “neutral” on the subject of a special member invoice and trying to initiate the “hands out” approach.
However, Paul Waugh, Torcuil Crichton, Florence Eshalomi, Jess Asath, Adam Jogee, Polly Billington, Debbie Abrahams, Dawn Butler, Antonia Bance, Anna Dixon, James Frith, Daniel Francis and another flat, and now the library of the invoice. He believes he doesn’t believe enough in a subject.
Letter to Mrs. Powell seen by Independent, “On Friday, members will discuss and vote for the most ultimately emerging legislation that has emerged in front of the house for generations.
“This is not a normal invoice. He changes the foundations of our NHS, the relationship between the doctor and the patient, and removes the power from Parliament and gets into the hands of future health secretaries.
“MPs will come to Westminster on Friday morning without seeing the latest version of the invoice of fatal patient adults (end of life).”
“Sponsor of the bill [Ms Leadbeater] He proudly stated that he took more time from some government bills in parliament. And still; The deputies had the opportunity to vote in only 12 of the 133 amendments discussed during the report phase.
“Only fourteen percent of the MPs were given the opportunity to speak in the room, and could not talk with various changes.”
One of the unable to vote, a protection against people with anorexia and other eating disorders was subjected to the Labor Party MP Naz Shah.
MS Leadbeater, although previously rejected similar changes, said he would accept the late provision, but did not come to vote.
The letter continued: “Despite this, the bill was radically changed from the submitted to the deputies in the second reading. As today, the deadly patient (end of life) bill is now long with 64 surprising sentences and two programs of the government’s border security, asylum and immigration.
“In this invoice, such basic changes in the eleventh hour, not a roster of honor, a warning. The invoice process of the special member showed that NHS was a grieving tool for the promotion of such a basic change.
“Last Friday, 2 new items were added to the bill. In the last minute, such a deep change in this bill reflects the discomfort that combines the house about the current format of this bill and the desire to change more people to protect vulnerable people.”
“This is no longer about discussing the abstract principle of assisted death. Pre -parliamentary bill has created a real concern with medical experts and charities. MPs and government should listen to their expertise.
“We force the parliament time to examine this bill, to devote more parliament time to giving more concerns about the implementation of members and the results of the vulnerable population.”
However, the supporters of the bill complained about delaying the tactics used by the competitors.
On Friday, one of the sponsors of the bill, Lib Dem Deputy Christine Jardine gave an order that he had been “hiding in lobby toilets” during the votes to delay the progress of the opponents.
Independent He approached MS Leadbeater for a comment.
Other signatures of the letter, Labor Party MPs Antonia Bance, Florence Eshalomi, Richard Baker, Neil Coeyle, Gurinder Singh Josan, Dan Francis, James Frith, Anna Dixon, Siobhan McDonagh, Katrina Murray, Julie Minns, Scott Arthur, John Grady, Ricard Abrahrs, Richard Abrav, John Grady, Richard Quigley, Catherine Atkinson, Rachael Maskell, Kenneth Stevenson, David Baines, David Smith, Sarah Smith, Sean Woodcock, Kirsteen Sullivan, Laurence Turner, Polly Billington, Josh Newbury, Kade Osamor Patricia Ferguson, Jonathan Davies, Ruth Jones, Katrina Murray, Paul Foster, Adam Jogee, Blair McDougall, Naz Shah and Valerie Vaz.
