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Streeting has repeatedly expressed his view that the palliative care system is not "where it needs to be to give people a real choice".

He said the UK should instead fix its "broken and patchy palliative care system so everyone can have a dignified death".

Groups who oppose changing the law say vulnerable people could feel under pressure to end their lives for fear of being a burden on others and that the focus should be on improving palliative care.

The funeral for the comic, who died on 2 November aged 63 after receiving palliative care for terminal cancer, will take place at St Mary’s Cathedral in the city’s west end.

He presented a bill on children’s hospice funding to Parliament on 29 October, requiring the government to conduct a review of funding for hospices specialising in the care of children and to guarantee access to hospices for all children who need palliative care.