Lords free to reject bill
Assisted dying bill lacks detail, peers say, and clause is ‘highly skeletal’
It is “constitutionally appropriate” for the House of Lords to scrutinise the assisted dying bill “and, if so minded, vote to amend or reject it”, the Lords constitution committee says in a report issued ahead of today’s second reading debate.
The all-party committee reminds peers that the upper house of parliament plays an important role in the legislat…
