SOME MPs who backed the assisted suicide Bill have indicated they could consider changing their mind further along its process into law amid concerns over palliative care provision and safeguarding.

MPs will be able to suggest amendments to the legislation when it moves into its next parliamentary step, the committee stage, at a date which is yet to be announced.

On Friday, MPs voted by 330 to 275 to approve Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at second reading.

But Labour MP Chris Webb has said that his position may change as the plans move through the process. He said the Bill “deserved to progress to the next stage for further robust scrutiny and debate” but that he “will consider my position again in the ensuing stages.”

Liberal Democrat Layla Moran said that while she voted for it, concerns remained about existing palliative care provision.

Pat McFadden, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, said today that the cost of assisted suicide plans could be among the questions discussed at the next stage of the legislative process.