Every stage the Bill clears brings us closer to the safe and compassionate assisted dying law that people across the country are calling for www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2110887/assisted-dying-campaign-law-second-reading-house-of-lords

"This has been a debate of the highest quality, probably the highest quality I have heard in 28 years in this House. Your Lordships brought passion, expertise and wisdom to the issue." Lord Falconer summing up yesterday's assisted dying Second Reading debate

The assisted dying Bill has received its Second Reading in the House of Lords and will progress to Committee Stage

Lord Falconer welcomes Baroness Berger's motion to set up a Select Committee following Second Reading and before Committee Stage

Lord Falconer is now concluding the debate by paying particular tribute to Peers on both sides who have drawn on their own personal suffering in their speeches

Baroness Merron, Health and Social Care Minister states that the Government is neutral on the issue of assisted dying - and that her role is to continue to work with the Bill's sponsors as the Bill progresses

Baroness Pidgeon is one of the many Peers drawing on personal experience in their speeches - her father in law would have wanted this choice, and she reinforces that it is not for the Lords to block this Bill

Baroness Hayter reconfirms that this Bill is not about choosing to die, they are already dying. She sets out that Peers' task is to ensure the Bill achieves its ends with proper safeguards, and look for genuine improvements

Baroness Whitaker has changed her mind in favour of assisted dying, as a result of the evidence. She would like to relieve her family, and herself, of intolerable suffering, so she asks how could she deny that for others

Baroness Watkins, as a former district nurse, would like to encourage society to discuss and complete advance directives

Lord Cashman shares the words of someone facing death; his friend Elise who is facing the end of her life, and trying to find joy every single day. He asks on her behalf for Peers to vote for 'another way' for dying people

"palliative care cannot always relieve suffering" Lord Freyberg, and after weighing both sides, he will support the Bill

Lord Oates shares his experience of his terminally ill friend, who wanted more than anything to live, but who chose to take matters into his own hands to end his unbearable suffering because there was no choice of assisted dying available to him

Lord Moynihan talks of his grandfather who introduced the first assisted dying Bill in the House of Lords, but who died before its Second Reading. He supports the passage of this Bill, and the opportunities they have to improve it.

Lord Johnson supports the assisted dying Bill, which he reminds the Lords also has the mandate of the elected House. For him "the case for change, remains strong"

'Fellow peers said they were 'saddened' by Baroness May's comments' www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15114419/Lords-war-assisted-dying-ex-PM-Theresa-accused-distressing-terminally-ill-people-licence-kill-bill-jibe.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=social-twitter_mailonline

"I pray that both of these institutions, which I hold so dearly for the importance of our role in public life, do not risk our legitimacy by claiming that we know better than either the public or the Other Place." Lord Carey on the Church and the House of Lords

Lord Carey has been on both sides of this debate, and now supports assisted dying. "The act of kindness and the art of healing is that of accompanying a pain ridden person to the point of death, alleviating their suffering"

Lord Markham would like to find a way to allow a kinder, safer death for dying Britons here, in their own country, in line with their own choices

Lord Sassoon feels strongly that the Bill must be returned to the Other Place, once it has had scrutiny in the Lords, and he hopes the Peers will give it a Second Reading

Baroness Smith of Llanfaes talks of her own experiences of the death of her father, and of her good friend Claire's O'Shea, which have led her to support the principle of the assisted dying Bill

Lord McDonald supports this precise and safeguarded Bill and advocates advance care planning. He has concerns the safeguards may be too elaborate.

"People who choose assisted dying are not suicidal" Baroness Royall makes a powerful contribution to today's debate. #YesToDignity

Baroness Finn uses her speech to set out the status quo, where the "line between compassion and crime perilously unclear"

Lord Young feels there are more than enough safeguards in the Bill, which is carefully thought out and well drawn. He asks his colleagues to consider the alternatives and whether they should be inflicted upon people.

Lord Willetts describes majority support for assisted dying for terminally ill people with capacity, reflected in the vote in the Other House. He believes people should be able to live and die in line with their beliefs.

Baroness Cleveden recognises the need and opportunity for scrutiny, which really matters, in order to make this Bill as good as it can be in this imperfect world. She would like the Bill "to make the choices of the few, available to the masses"

Baroness Royal condemns the conflation of suicide and assisted dying, and refers to this letter www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-assisted-dying-debate-b2829041.html

"Allow our fellow humans greater autonomy over how they die" Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Blackstone talks about being afronted by the language used in last week's debate; her dying husband wanted to be spared 'torture' at the end of his life, and she would like to see assisted dying legalised for people in his position in the future

Baroness Thornton asked Peers to consider the language they use in this debate; this is not about ending life, rather shortening death www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-assisted-dying-debate-b2829041.html

Baroness Thornton uses her speech to share the view of Pamela Fisher, a terminally ill lay preacher who sent her a plea for compassion www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2105630/assisted-dying-bill-christian-religion

Baroness Thornton starts the contributions and asks that Peers remember this Bill has come from the Commons, and it is not their job to kill the Bill, their job is to scrutinise it.

The second and final day of the assisted dying bills' Second Reading is about to commence in the House of Lords - Peers have been asked to keep speeches to 4 minutes

Back outside Parliament as the assisted dying bill has its second day of Second Reading - standing with those asking for dignity, compassion and choice

“We are not suicidal – we want to live, and to make the most of the time we have left with the people we love. But we are dying and we have no choice or ability to change that”

Lord Shaffaq Mohammed wouldn't choose assisted dying for himself, but crucially he would not block others "who hold different beliefs and make different choices" from having the option. #YesToDignity

This is what the assisted dying Bill before Parliament is all about; the human cost of the status quo is too great www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/assisted-dying-bill-needed-dont-35893699

“the terminally ill people I’ve met are definitely not suicidal”, rather, they are dying." @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social reflects on the framing used by those opposing choice in Friday's debate www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bill-theresa-may-esther-rantzen-life-house-of-lords-b2825531.html

The House of Lords debated the assisted dying bill for 6.5 hours today - 90 peers spoke, with 180 expected to speak in total over the two days of debate. It’s shaping up to break a record for a private members bill.

Lord Hogan-Howe is the final new speaker of the first day of Second Reading. He raises the inequity of the status quo, where only those who are well enough and have the means can choose an assisted death. He supports the Bill.

Lord Mitchell recalls how he and his wife were left bereft after their brilliant terminally ill father/in-law ended his life in secret and behind closed doors. He is certain things would have been different if this Bill had been law back then.

Assisted dying campaigner says Lords blocking Bill would leave her ‘devastated’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bill-parliament-house-of-lords-life-dignity-in-dying-b2825375.html

Baroness Wheatcroft shares the account of Nathanial who she met last week and made a huge impact on her. She talks of Nathanial's desire not to die, but if he must, not to die badly. She supports this Bill.

Lord Purvis of Tweed makes clear that this Bill is only about people whose life is coming to an end. He reflects on positive societal changes that provide some choice to some people at the end of life, but lead to inconsistencies, which this Bill would address

Former DPP, Lord Macdonald of River Glaven, talks about how his experience in considering compassionate assistance to die in his role as DPP caused him to change his mind in favour of clarity and choice

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle describes the additional support the assisted dying Bill (which she will support) provides to people who may be considered vulnerable. It is far better than the status quo, which offers protection to no one.

With the #AssistedDyingBill currently being debated in the House of Lords, what can we learn from other countries that have legalised assisted dying? Our research explores lessons from 15 jurisdictions. 👇 www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/ass...

Lord Pannick says that the law rejects the absolute sanctity of life, and used his speech to set out legal precedents which are consistent with permitting greater patient choice at the end of life

Lord Roberts of Belgravia feels avoiding excruciating pain at the end of life should be a human right - 'future generations will consider us (law-makers) monsters if we deny people this right'