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“True political strength lies not in the ability to punish dissent, but in the confidence to accommodate it”. Insightful piece by @Tony_McNulty on how the government whips are responding to backbench disquiet.

RT @TimesRadio: “You're picking people who you believe that you can pick on and that's bullying, that's not discipline.”. Starmer suspendin….

I was interviewed on Today in Parliament on Radio 4 on Friday, discussing how the #assisteddyingbill might fare in the House of Lords. Listen here (around 7 mins in):

RT @ProfTimBale: "They say “never meet your heroes” – but meeting your antiheroes can be absolutely fascinating. At least, that was my expe….

RT @Tony_McNulty: This is an excellent & useful insightful comparison of similar events from QMUL colleague @richardmarcj. Blair showed lea….

New Lords Friday sittings, for scrutiny of assisted dying bill. 👇. For more on what we might expect when the bill reaches the Lords, I wrote something here:. ‘Assisted dying: what happens now the House of Lords has the bill?’.

RT @mattengland3011: Few things to note about 'reasoned amendments':. 1. Reasoned amendments are procedurally equivalent to rejecting a Bil….

After last week's vote in the Commons, could the assisted dying bill be blocked in the Lords? New piece by me for @ConversationUK. 'Assisted dying: what happens now the House of Lords has the bill?'. #AssistedDyingBill.

Assisted dying bill has been approved by MPs. Has cleared the Commons chamber. Now will move to the Lords where must go through an equivalent set of stages. Story not over yet!.

Whatever happens, that the #assisteddyingbill has made it to a final Commons third reading vote is remarkable given the procedural challenges facing private members’ bills. MPs on all sides deserve credit for enabling it to be decided on its merits rather than procedural games.

This is not to claim that the assisted dying bill has had 'enough' scrutiny. There could always be more. In a chamber of 650 members, it's inevitable many won't get to speak. But the comparison does illustrate that this bill has had far more scrutiny time than most bills get.

This letter claims insufficient scrutiny of #assisteddyingbill & makes point it's 'now longer than the Government's Border Security [etc] Bill'. But BSAI Bill had:.⚫️ 3.5 hours for report and third reading (cf 3 days on assisted dying). ⚫ 12 committee sittings (cf 29).

Key points from #assisteddyingbill debate. ⚫️ Report stage not concluded today; will resume next Friday. ⚫️ Majority behind bill supporters largely holding up. ⚫️ But majority overcome on one new clause. ⚫️ Bill supporters will be optimistic - but too soon to be sure.

However, Hillier's second new clause - to prohibit health professionals from proactively raising the subject of the provision of assisted dying with a person under 18 - is agreed to on division. #assisteddyingbill.

This new clause has also been lost on division. Based on the results so far, I suspect supporters of the bill will be feeling fairly optimistic about its chances of passing next week - though too early to be sure of final outcome. #assisteddyingbill.

Now voting on Meg Hiller's new clause, to prohibit health professionals from proactively raising the subject of the provision of assisted dying with a person. #assisteddyingbill.

Amendment fails, though I make this the slimmest majority so far. #assisteddyingbill.

MPs now voting on Paul Waugh's amendment. This would limit the scope of the exceptions that can be made to the ban on advertising assisted dying services. The result of this may give us an early (albeit imperfect) indication of whether MPs' support for the bill is holding up.

Hard to see there now being enough time to complete Report stage divisions today. Proceedings must conclude by 2:30pm. So I would expect Report to be concluded, and Third Reading held, on 20 June. #assisteddyingbill.

MPs now on 2nd day of Report on the assisted dying bill. Speaker expects to call frontbenches no earlier than 1:15pm. Also intends separate decisions on proposals from Waugh, Hillier (x2) & Paul. Hence seems likely Third Reading (final decision) will be pushed to next week.