Mr Turner warned the Bill risks failing to protect terminally ill people who may choose assisted death to avoid burdening loved ones, and said he was not persuaded that Ms Leadbeater’s replacement of a High Court judge with a three-member panel would offer sufficient scrutiny.

Some laws pass with little fanfare, some become defining moments in how a government is remembered. MPs are wrestling with a decision right now that could echo through British history. The assisted dying bill returns to parliament on Friday after months of scrutiny by a committee of MPs, but its future is still uncertain.

Almost two-thirds of general practice nursing staff are supportive of the assisted dying bill, though less are sure on their involvement

Bill returns to the House of Commons on Friday. But a group of leading social care organisations has raised concerns over the proposed change to the law, flagging worries about coercion.

Lawmakers have not specified which life-ending drugs could be prescribed under New York's physician-assisted death bill.

The state of Victoria introduced voluntary assisted dying laws in 2019, which allow a person in the late stages of advanced disease to end their life using medication, with the approval of two doctors.