During the last parliament sitting Lord Falconer introduced an assisted dying bill which peers, the media and the church all discussed. Amendments delayed its progress and parliament ended before it could be debated. Falconer suggested his proposals would have more of a chance if they were taken up by an MP in the Commons. So after the election the issue was raised again, and last Friday MPs voted on the subject of legalising assisted dying. After a passionate debate, MPs voted 330 to 118 against changing the law, in the first Commons vote on assisted dying for twenty years. Please continue to pray for effective and gracious Christian presence and influence in political debates, and for our Christians in parliament to give a wise explanation of God's truth in the public domain.