Rachel Reeves said she would study proposals for assisted dying in the coming days, and believed there was enough time for scrutiny of the legislation.
She said: “Like all MPs, I need to study the Bill ahead of Friday.
It is a big decision, with wide-ranging consequences and so I will be doing that in the next couple of days.
Report by Covellm.
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