Assisted dying will be legalised in 2026 despite opponents’ best efforts to block it, Lord Charlie Falconer has said. The peer, who is sponsoring the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Lords, said he was confident the landmark legislation will get through. He told the Daily Express: “I’m absolutely sure that in 2026 we’ll see an Act of Parliament that legalises assisted dying.”

Lord Falconer of Thoroton spoke at the start of a fourth day of debate where peers are making their way through more than 1,000 amendments to the historic Bill. Supporters say a small group of hardline opponents are tabling hundreds of needless changes in a bid to frustrate parliamentary process and run down the clock.

However, opponents claim they are merely fulfilling their role and provid

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