Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, who is bringing the bill, suggested replacing the role of High Court judges with a three-person panel featuring a senior legal figure, a psychiatrist and a social worker to review applications. The committee is expected to insert those details at a later stage.

A requirement for a High Court judge to approve assisted dying applications has been scrapped. A committee scrutinising the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill voted to remove a clause which had been hailed as the reason the proposed legislation for England and Wales would be the strictest in the world.

Proposals have been made to instead establish expert panels of senior legal figures, psychiatrists and social workers to decide on applications.