Six reasons MPs think the assisted dying laws won't work

MPs will have a chance to debate and vote on legalising assisted dying for the first time in a decade .

They will vote on a bill proposed by Kim Leadbeater , Labour MP for Spen Valley .

If MPs vote through the legislation, the UK could follow in the footsteps of other countries, including Switzerland , Canada , Spain and the Netherlands , where it is already legal for someone to seek medical assistance to end their life.

Many MPs have criticised the decision to present the bill as a private member's bill ( PMB ) rather than it being put forward by the Government .

More than 3,400 doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals have written to the Prime Minister to warn that assisted dying cannot be introduced safely while the NHS is “broken” Critics of this approach have suggested the NHS and court system may not have the capacity to deliver these changes.

The upcoming Commons vote will be a free vote, meaning that MPs can vote according to their conscience.

The last time MPs voted on this issue in 2015 , 329 opposed the legislation, 117 voted in favour, and 200 abstained.

Labour MP Peter Prinsley criticised colleagues who planned to abstain on 29 November .