Labour MP Kim Leadbeater says she is “confident” that Friday’s crucial vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will “get through” on Friday. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
00:00But look, we had a good majority at second reading. I think it's a 55 majority. There might be some small movement in the middle. Some people might change their mind one way, others will change their mind the other way. But fundamentally, I don't anticipate that that majority would be heavily eroded. So I do feel confident we can get through tomorrow successfully.
00:15I spent a lot of time, not just about scrutiny of the bill itself, but with individual colleagues. And I've been delighted, actually, the way that some colleagues have really embraced the detail. And every week I've emailed all 649 MPs and said, please come and see me. Come to my office. I have copies of the bill on my desk. Say, come on. If you've got any specific questions, let's go through it. Not everyone's taken me up on that offer, surprisingly, but some people have.
00:41And even last night, I was here till quite late, having sessions with colleagues. Right, what are the bits that you're concerned about? I'm not telling anyone how to vote. That's not my job. But my job is to make sure they are voting on the actual facts and the reality of the bill and not what they might have read on social media. You know, because that isn't the reality of the situation that we're in.
