Colum Eastwood, of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), backed the bill, which would allow terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to get medical assistance to end their own life. The legislation will only apply in England and Wales.

Assisted dying is a step closer to being made legal in England and Wales after the proposed legislation cleared the House of Commons in a historic vote – albeit with a narrower majority.More than 300 MPs backed a Bill that would allow terminally ill adults with a life expectancy of less than six months to end their lives.

More than 300 MPs backed a bill that would allow terminally ill adults with a life expectancy of less than six months to apply for an assisted death.