Some MPs who support the assisted dying bill have indicated they may consider changing their minds during the process due to concerns about the provision and protection of palliative care.

MPs will be able to propose changes to the legislation when the parliament moves to its next step, the committee stage, on an undisclosed date.

On Friday MPs voted 330 to 275, with a majority of 55, to approve Labor MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at second reading.

Following the historic vote, some MPs expressed concerns about parts of the bill that could prevent them from ruling in its favor later in the process.

Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran told the BBC on Saturday that despite her vote, concerns remained about the current palliative care service in the UK.

“I think we all want this to be a good bill,” he said.

“I hope that my colleagues in the House, especially those who voted for him, will reserve the right to vote no at a later stage.”

He said arguments against the plans should be treated with “extraordinary seriousness”.

Ms Moran said “what I am particularly interested in is palliative care”, adding: “I don’t think we need any more votes in the House to make it clear that the will of Parliament is that the Government want palliative care to be something that I care about.”

Another supporter of the bill, Senior Conservative MP Sir David Davis, used his Commons speech to demand more time for the Government to review the bill and “give us time to get this right”.

He told the House of Commons: “I want this bill to succeed, it is more important than most bills we have. It cannot be resolved in five hours or a few hours in committee.

“I will vote for this today, but I want the Government to help me so I can vote for a good bill at the end of this.”

Labor MP Chris Webb claimed that his stance on the issue may change as the plans progress, and said in his statement that he believes “this bill deserves to move to the next stage for more robust scrutiny and debate” and that he will “consider” it. “I will talk again in the next stages.”

There were three Conservative MPs and 18 Labor MPs with no votes recorded on Friday.

SNP MPs did not vote as the issue only applied to England and Wales.

There are numerous reasons why an MP might not be able to take part in the vote (such as being abroad or outside Parliament), but some have stated that they deliberately abstained.

Calder Valley’s new Labor MP, Josh Fenton-Glynn, said he abstained because “I don’t think the security measures as they stand are strong enough”.

Although he previously thought he would “support such a bill”, he said in his statement on social media that he would “make his final decision based on the bill that emerges from the committee stage”.

End-of-life care charity Marie Curie also expressed concerns about palliative care and called on MPs to include in legislation a commitment to developing a strategy on the issue.

In a briefing sent to MPs ahead of second reading, they said they wanted an amendment to the legislation that would put a duty on ministers to develop a strategy to improve palliative and end-of-life care.

Matthew Reed, the charity’s chief executive, said the organization was “neutral” on assisted dying, “but we are certainly not neutral on the urgent need to fix end-of-life care.”

In a statement after the vote, Mr Reed said: “Warm words will not fix our broken end-of-life care system. The Bill says nothing about the urgent need to improve the current provision. It says nothing about the postcode lottery for accessing end-of-life care, nothing about the funding crisis and nothing about people spending their final moments in A&E because our healthcare system cannot offer them the care and support they need. or outside working hours.”

On Saturday, House Mother Diane Abbott said she was “concerned about vulnerable people being led down the path of assisted death.”

Ms Abbott was one of 275 MPs in Parliament to vote against the plans.

Asked why, the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I am very concerned that vulnerable people are being dragged down the path of assisted death when what they really need is access to hospice care and a proper end. lifelong care.

He said he had “every sympathy” with other positions but wanted people “not to see assisted suicide as the only option” if they were concerned about being a “burden” or about family finances.