It is now just nine days until MPs will debate Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill.

More and more MPs are waking up to the dangers of this bill. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson have joined the ranks of Cabinet members indicating they will vote against.

However, we cannot be complacent. Dignity in Dying are pouring huge amounts of money into this campaign, with ads on the London Underground and in the newspapers. Their allies, Humanists UK, have been launching media attacks on the campaign groups opposing the bill.

We need to keep telling MPs how dangerous this bill is. Crucially, it must be voted down at second reading on the 29th, and not allowed to progress further. Since 2010, of the 219 private members bills that passed second reading, only one was voted down at third reading. The 29th is the key date.

Thank you to everyone who has already written to their MP. If you haven’t yet done so, please contact your MP now. I cannot emphasise enough how crucial this is. The numbers are incredibly close, and every vote counts.

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