A proposed law to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales will run out of time today.
The island’s own bid to introduce such a law has hit the breaks after the Westminster government refused to recommend royal assent.
Sky News is reporting that supporters have accused “a minority of peers” of blocking the bill, but opponents say they have been trying to improve an unsafe bill.
While UK government bills can be carried over to new sessions of parliament, Private Members’ Bills have to complete all their stages within the same session.
Supporters of assisted dying have vowed to reintroduce the bill in the Commons if they are successful in the PMB ballot after the King’s Speech next month.
Lord Falconer, who has been shepherding the legislation through the Lords, said earlier that the bill has failed due to “procedural wrangling”, and not because it is unsafe.