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Minority staging 'filibuster' against the Assisted Dying Bill says Lord Falconer | BBC Radio 4 Today
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7:47Now PlayingLord Falconer, a backer of the Assisted Dying Bill, has told the Today programme a "minority" of peers in the House of Lords are "engaged in a filibuster" against the legislation, adding the bill has "no hope" of passing into law.
Nikki Da Costa, a former director of legislative affairs in Downing Street, opposes the bill and said there is a "lack of engagement" from the House of Lords.
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