Most Brits think Parliament should take time to consider the complexities of assisted suicide, a new survey has found.

Parliament is to debate Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill on Friday but polling by Whitestone Insight for Care Not Killing (CNK) has found that a majority of the public (62 per cent) believe the issue is “too complex and polarised” to be rushed through. This was the feeling even among over half (57 per cent) of people who favoured changing the law.

Over a third of respondents (38 per cent) said they worried that a loved one might feel pressured to end their life if the law is changed, while the same proportion said th