How has legislation backed by MPs failed to clear the House of Lords? And what will happen now?

• Assisted dying bill not at ‘end of the road’, peer says as time runs short

The attempt to bring in new laws allowing assisted dying for terminally ill people with less than six months to live looks likely to fail. The legislation passed the House of Commons but it has struggled in the House of Lords, and campaigners in favour of the new law have accused peers of “sabotage”. Here is what has happened: