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Ashley Dalton: “If honourable and right honourable members have any doubt that the exact bill before us today is not the best it could…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2026
If honourable and right honourable members have any doubt that the exact bill before us today is not the best it could be, is anything less than excellent, well thought out, and robustly drafted legislation that protects the vulnerable and recognises the expertise of our world-class clinicians, and a bill that I and other terminally ill people deserve, then I urge them to vote no or vote abstain.
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Ashley Dalton
Labour Party

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Ashley Dalton urging MPs to vote against the bill.

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