Second Lib Dem MP withdraws support for England and Wales assisted dying bill
by Peter Walker and Jessica Elgot from World news | The Guardian on (#6XKVE)
Brian Mathew concerned terminally ill people will decide to end their lives as they feel they have become a burden'
A second Liberal Democrat MP has said they have changed their mind over the assisted dying bill and will vote against it at the next Commons stage, in another sign of a wider, if so far slight, ebbing away of support for the measure.
In an email to constituents, Brian Mathew, the Melksham and Devizes MP, said that while he had backed the bill at its second reading vote, scrutiny of the plans in April had left several concerns I feel have been inadequately answered".
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