Chaos in Commons as effort to stop ‘euthanaisa by the back door’ fails
An amendment to the Mental Capacity Bill tabled by former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith was finally defeated by 297 votes to 203, despite a revolt by 34 Labour MPs, who backed the move against whip.
The Government only secured victory after it emerged in the dying moments of the debate that the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, had agreed to strengthen the legislation to address the critics' concerns.
