It's all about giving people a choice, and so I absolutely know that I'll go through a process that Kim's gone through, probably even worse, but that is a small price to pay for what I hope to be able to do, which is introduce this legislation to give people dignity.
Expressing the importance of choice in assisted dying legislation.
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We are elected as MPs to deal with some of those difficult issues, to have those difficult conversations. We aren't elected to do the easy things.
It’s incredibly overdue and people are suffering. There will be huge repercussions I think for people’s faith in politics and view of the House of Lords if they were to talk it out again.
My position was always that I was supportive of the issue in principle, but I would need to have assurance that the safeguards were robust and were appropriate and will protect vulnerable people.
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