Rosie Wrighting: Kettering MP plans to support assisted dying bill

Ms Wrighting added: “It is vital that any changes to the law include strong and appropriate safeguards to ensure that they are not implemented in situations that do not comply with the legislation that I believe this bill envisages.

“I am also clear that I believe assisted dying should not be an alternative to high-quality palliative and end-of-life care.

“People deserve dignity when they die, and every person nearing the end of their life should feel comfortable and safe in the knowledge that they will receive the best care.”

There are a number of MPs, including Labor, who say they will vote against the bill.

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said he was “determined” to vote against the bill, while Health Minister Wes Streeting said he did not believe the palliative care system was good enough to support assisted dying.

Other opponents warned that people could be pressured to end their lives.

Paralympian and House of Lords crossbencher Baroness Gray-Thompson told the BBC she was concerned about “the impact on vulnerable people, disabled people, (the risk of) coercive control and the ability of doctors to make a diagnosis in six months”. .