Terminally ill adults with less than six months to live who have a settled wish to end their lives which has been approved by two doctors and the High Court would be able to do so under a new law claimed to be the "most robust" in the world.Proposed legislation for England and Wales would offer the "safest choice" for mentally competent adults at the end of their lives and is capable of protecting against coercion, the MP behind the Bill said.

Terminally ill adults with less than six months to live who have a settled wish to end their lives which has been approved by two doctors and the High Court would be able to do so under a new law claimed to be the "most robust" in the world.Proposed legislation for England and Wales would offer the "safest choice" for mentally competent adults at the end of their lives and is capable of protecting against coercion, the MP behind the Bill said.