Assisted dying law change to take first step today - everything you need to know

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The assisted dying debate will return to Parliament this week as a new bill is formally introduced in the House of Commons . A debate on the bill next month will mark the first time the controversial issue has been voted on in the Commons in almost a decade. Dame Esther Rantzen's campaigning on the issue has propelled the topic into the spotlight - with her arguing that people should have choice over their deaths. Campaigners in favour of assisted dying have long warned that terminal people