If peers do not make any further changes, the bill would be sent to the King for Royal Assent, which formalises the law as an act of Parliament. There will also have to be a money resolution to authorise any spending the bill would require. Only the government can table money resolutions.

MPs have voted to pass the Terminally Ill Adults (End Of Life) Bill, allowing the assisted dying legislation to pass through to the next stages of scrutiny and amendment. The bill was passed by a majority of 55 votes.

When the House of Commons debates Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday, no-one knows what the result is going to be. In the vaudeville theatre of Westminster, especially when a government has a majority of 165,