Assisted dying will be legalised as MPs voted for the Terminally Ill Adults Bill in Parliament.

On Friday, November 29, MPs voted to change the law surrounding assisted dying in England and Wales following a lengthy debate in Parliament.

The bill could mean that terminally ill adults with a life expectancy of no more than six months can seek help to end their own life.

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MP for Salisbury John Glen voted against the bill, as did MP for East Wiltshire Danny Kruger, MP for New Forest West Desmond Swayne and MP for South West Wiltshire Andrew Murrison.

Mr Glen said: "'Obviously, I am very disappointed with the outcome of the vote on assisted dying which runs counter to the vast majority of representations I have received from Salisbury constituents, but as members on all sides agreed during the debate the current bill needs a lot of work for it to be fit for purpose.

"I hope in the coming days and weeks the concerns of many constituents can be met in proposed amendments at committee stage . I am extremely anxious for the vulnerable and poorest in society and I will do my best to give constructive input in the legislative process ahead."

All four MPs voted against the end of life billAll four MPs voted against the end of life bill (Image: Various/NQ)

Conservative MP Danny Kruger led opposition to the Bill during Friday’s debate.

He told the Journal: "[I am] Disappointed but we fight on - as Kim Leadbeater said before the vote on Friday, it was not the end but the start of the process. So there's a long way to go."

Desmond Swayne said: "54 per cent of those who applied for the service in Oregon last year gave reason that they did not want to 'be a burden'. If the bill becomes law there will be all sorts of subtle pressures on vulnerable people similarly not to become a burden.

"The principal safeguards -that you must be within 6 months of death, and that you must, yourself, take the drugs rather than have them administered- cannot possibly endure because, once you accept the principle of doctor assistance they are just too inhumane.

"If a person is suffering intolerably but has a prognosis of one year, are we really going to make them suffer for six months?

"Of course not, we'll amend the law. If someone with a progressive degenerative disease has lost the ability to take the drug themselves, will we really say 'sorry, we can't help you'll just have to suffer'?
Of course not, we'll amend the law to let the doctor do it.

"So given that the safeguards cant last, why are they in the bill at all? 

"They are in it to get it over the line - to allow MPs to say that, whilst they have reservations, there are strong safeguards in the Bill. In reality the safeguards aren't worth a bean."

The bill will now see further debate by MPs and peers with possible amendments. Both Houses of Parliament must approve it before it becomes a law.