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Debate between Lewis Atkinson and Michael Payne(3 days, 13 hours ago)
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Michael Payne (Gedling) (Lab)
My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he agree that wherever people stand on assisted dying, the country is reasonably entitled to expect that after 16 days—more than 75 hours—of debate, the House of Lords should have come to a decision on one of the most profound issues that has been debated in this parliamentary Session?