The Labour MP behind the bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales says she is worried some members of the House of Lords are trying to “frustrate” its passage into law.Kim Leadbeater warned the legislation was approaching a “crunch point” after the number of changes proposed in the Lords rose above 1,000.The bill, which was passed by MPs in an historic vote in June, must be approved by both Houses of Parliament before becoming law.But peers are making very slow progress in scrutinising it, meaning that unless they speed up it will almost certainly need to be allocated more debating sessions to avoid running out of time.The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill passed its first stage in the Lords in September, but will only become law if MPs and peers can agree the final wording before the current session of Parliament ends in the spring.Peers have so far discussed fewer than 30 of the amendments during two of the four days reserved for committee stage, when the bill is scrutinised line-by-line.The passage of the bill has been complicated by the fact it was put forward by Leadbeater, a backbench MP, rather than the government, a category of draft law that is vulnerable to running out of debating time.On Friday, they spent the entire four hours allocated for the day discussing a group of 21 amendment …
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