Campaigners hailed a "watershed" moment in the history of Scottish devolution and praised MSPs for "listening to dying people and reflecting their views".

Scotland’s parliament has passed the first stage of a bill that would allow the terminally ill to end their own lives, taking the country a step closer to joining others that have passed similar legislation on assisted dying.

The Liberal Democrat MSP spoke out at the start of a Holyrood debate on his Bill to introduce assisted dying for terminally ill adults.