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Kim Leadbeater, who brought forward the controversial Assisted Dying Bill, which ran out of time
bill, tabled by the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, would legalise assisted dying for those with
assisted dying bill have promised to bring it back to parliament after it ran out of time in the [House of Lords](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/lords). Kim Leadbeater
assisted dying in Scotland [was rejected by the Scottish Parliament in March](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33j3nd1kvko). So how did we get here, and what might happen next? The bill was introduced to Parliament by Labour
Assisted dying campaigners have a narrow path to revive the bill after two MPs who backed the change came in the top five of the new private member’s bill ballot. Supporters of Kim Leadbeater
Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP for Spen Valley, promised that the fight was not over, arguing in [this piece for the Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/24/assisted-dying-bill-democratic-mandate-lords-blocked-terminally-ill-people) that the bill had faced “a relentless campaign of misinformation
dying, said, “It is not possible to construct an assisted suicide service that is safe, equitable, and resistant to placing unacceptable pressure on the most vulnerable.” But those in favour of the bill pledged
Kim Leadbeater. It can't simply be brought back in the next session of Parliament, like a government bill. It could however be brought back by another backbencher. Every year, there is a ballot
assisted dying in England and Wales will run out of time on Friday, almost 17 months after MPs first voted in favour of it. The bill has stalled in the House of Lords after