Peers have backed calls for extra time for the House of Lords to debate the assisted dying bill.The proposal was put forward by supporters, who are increasingly concerned it could run out of time to pass all its parliamentary stages, but opponents argued the Bill is unsafe and will not be fixed by more time.The debate continued on Friday, the fifth of 10 extra scheduled sessions, but plans to debate 15 groups of amendments came up well short, with peers only getting on to the second group of amendments by the end of the session.The bill has been approved by MPs but must also pass the Lords before early May, when the current session of Parliament is expected to end, to become law.There will now be private negotiations between peers over when and how much extra time should be granted.Extending debates already scheduled on Fridays is one likely option but sitting later would anger some Jewish peers because the weekly religious Shabbat ceremony begins at sunset.Peers have already been given 10 extra sessions to debate the legislation but with more than 1,000 amendments proposed there is a risk it will not pass all its parliamentary stages in time.Friday marked the halfway point through the 10 originally-allocated extra sessions and the House of Lords has now debated 17 groups and nearly 200 amendments, leaving more than 800 amendments to go.Peers continued to debate groups of amendments, in larger ba …
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