MPs who voted in favour of the assisted dying bill have raised concerns about parts of it and want to see changes before giving it final approval. Some are worried about the bill's provisions to allow doctors to raise assisted dying as an option without the terminally ill patient having asked for it first.

There’s this fantasy that assisted dying means you take a magic potion and drift away like Sleeping Beauty. The reality is that people who are being given medical aid in dying sometimes take a long time to pass and have horrible reactions to the medication.

At least 36 MPs who voted in favour of assisted dying have indicated that they could change their minds at a later stage, new analysis suggests.