The bill says that the implementation of assisted dying will take up to four years. Depending on how long the Lords takes to pass the bill (if they do at all), that means it could be late 2029 by the time a terminally ill person would be able to legally access an assisted death.

The bill gives terminally ill patients the right to end their lives, but the details have yet to be confirmed.

The House of Commons has voted in favour of assisted dying by a narrow majority of 23. After four and a half hours of debate, MPs this afternoon backed Kim Leadbeater’s bill by 314 votes to 291.