Proposed changes include scrapping high court’s role in approving assisted deaths, and setting four-year implementation period

When the assisted dying bill returns to the Commons in a month’s time, MPs will vote on a very different piece of legislation than they were presented with on the first reading.

Though the government is still technically neutral, major changes to the bill have been pushed through by concerned ministers, who fear MPs could pass a deeply impractical bill at a time of immense pressure on the NHS and the courts.