Members of the U.K. Parliament are set to vote on an assisted dying bill, with results expected to be tight.
If it becomes law, the bill would give some terminally ill people in England and Wales the right to die via assisted suicide, at a time of their choosing.
Despite being publicly opposed to it the health secretary, Wes Streeting, has said he will go into “make-it-work mode” if the bill does pass.
Hundreds of MPs have spent the last few weeks in the lead up to the vote examining both the evidence and ethics of the bill.
They will have a free vote on the issue, which is a private member’s bill, brought by the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, making the government technically neutral.
If it passes the House of Commons on Friday (local time) it will not go back to Parliament again until April next year.
However, MPs still holding concerns about the process have submitted an amendment to the bill that calls for an independent review and public consultation before it returns to the House.