The 60 who specially referenced the safeguard of a High Court judge were: Lee Dillon, Kate Dearden, Joe Powell, Sarah Green, Wera Hobhouse, Danny Chambers, Deirdre Costigan, Sarah Jones, Connor Rand, Charlotte Cane, Joe Morris, Cameron Thomas, John Whitby, Toby Perkins, Joani Reid, Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, Luke Pollard, Bobby Dean, Rachel Hopkins, Natasha Irons, Lewis Atkinson, Helen Morgan, Jake Richards, Peter Kyle, Jess Phillips, Alex Ballinger, Louise Jones, Georgia Gould, Tessa Munt, Cat Eccles, Jon Pearce, Kirsty McNeill, Luke Taylor, Claire Young, Clive Betts, Jayne Kirkham, Mark Sewards, Lizzi Collinge, Jim Dickson, Hilary Benn, Gill German, Freddie van Mierlo, Tom Rutland, Andrew Snowden, Will Stone, Sarah Sackman, Leigh Ingham, Andrew Lewin, Josh Babarinde, Tony Vaughan, Clive Efford, Fabian Hamilton, Gerald Jones, Colum Eastwood, Dan Aldridge, Sarah Russell, Liz Kendall, Rosie Wrighting, Cat Smith, and Sarah Owen.
First MPs U-turn on support for assisted dying bill after High Court judge safeguard removed Exclusive: The Independent has seen of 142 MPs who voted in favour of assisted dying at second reading who could now change their vote as a result of Kim Leadbeater’s amendment.
And Tory MP Danny Kruger, who led the opposition at its second reading, said: “Approval by the High Court - the key safeguard used to sell the Assisted Suicide Bill to MPs - has been dropped.
It comes as Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP behind the historic bill, today announced her intention to get rid of the much vaunted safeguard of a High Court judge having the final say in court on an application.
Responding to critics of removing the High Court judge safeguard on Radio 4’s Today programme, Ms Leadbeater said: “It wouldn't be done in private, it would be taking into account patient confidentiality, but there would be public proceedings.
