The MSP spearheading new legislation which would allow terminally-ill Scots the right to seek help to die has said he wants to “strengthen” his proposals.

Liam McArthur spoke out ahead of MSPs on Holyrood’s Health Committee starting to consider hundreds of possible amendments to his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.

It comes after a historic vote earlier this year saw Holyrood back the general principles of the legislation.

Opponents of the change insist it is “abundantly clear that no number of amendments can make this deeply-flawed Bill safe”.

With almost 300 proposed amendments due to be debated and voted on by the committee over several sessions, McArthur said “the focus rightly shifts to how we might strengthen the Bill”.

The Liberal Democrat MSP said: “Th

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