UK MPs will debate and vote on assisted dying for the first time in nearly a decade. MPs will today head to the House of Commons to debate assisted dying - before a free vote takes place on legislation tabled by Kim Leadbeater. Parliament debates this important change to the law – a change that, when we most need it, could bring comfort to any one of us or to somebody we love. The public hope that parliament are ready to correct injustice and reduce human suffering. The proposed law would make it legal for over-18s who are terminally ill to be given medical assistance to end their own life in England and Wales. The bill - called the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - sets out detailed requirements in order to be eligible. The Labour MP proposing it, Kim Leadbeater, says the safeguards are the 'most robust' in the world, but others argue it is a 'slippery slope towards death on demand'.