内容摘要：Residents near the Snelshall site say they fear it could be detrimental to the local area.

Residents near the Snelshall site say they fear it could be detrimental to the local area.

Green MSP Ross Greer put it clearly - he has serious reservations about whether any system of assisted dying could be safe or compassionate.But he added: "It is parliament's job to wrestle with the most difficult issues facing our society - this issue deserves the opportunity of more detailed scrutiny and for changes to be proposed."

Stage one is a vote on general principles and the detail of a bill can then be refined to almost any extent when it is amended at stage two.Consider the government's National Care Service bill, which was amended at stage two to remove the National Care Service. Widespread changes are entirely possible.Another Labour member, Colin Smyth, said that if this was the final stage three vote, he would be voting against the bill.

But because there is still the scope for it to be amended, he was happy to help it along to the next stage to see how it develops.This is a double-edged sword. Members may be happy to carry out further work on the bill, but they are under absolutely no illusions about the gravity of that work.

Speech after speech underlined the life-or-death nature of these decisions. There is zero margin for error in making sure the bill is up to scratch.

And if seven members decide that it's not, and opt to switch sides, then the bill could still fall when it comes to the final vote at stage three.Last year, it adds, the England and Wales water sector invested £9.2bn, which it says is the highest capital investment ever in a single year.

And it’s important to note that not all water companies are the same.A few are well run, have manageable debts and have invested steadily in their infrastructure over the three decades since privatisation, while delivering dividends to the shareholders who have provided the capital required by a privatised model.

Regardless, lenders are now demanding higher rates from other water companies, too, as the whole sector appears a riskier bet.The regulator Ofwat allowed this increase in debt to happen as for many years it did not consider that it had the requisite powers to dictate how companies chose to structure their finances.