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Assisted dying bill vote: What just happened?

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A bill to legalise assisted dying in Scotland has passed an initial vote at Holyrood.

The proposals would allow terminally-ill, mentally competent adults to seek medical help to end their lives.

A vote on the bill’s general principles passed by 70 votes to 56. It would need to clear two more phases of parliamentary scrutiny before it could become law.

BBC Scotland’s political editor Glenn Campbell explains what unfolded.


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