“My Lords, I send my condolences to Ann Widdecombe’s family. I served as a Member of Parliament with her on the other side and, rather surprisingly, when I stepped down as an MP in 2017, a very kind letter arrived from Ann thanking me for my public service. There was always a side to her that we did not anticipate.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying179th of 3924.0
- Elderly care & frailty171st of 2492.0
- Palliative & end of life care430th of 5402.0
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“…I cast my mind back to many a Friday in the last Session which we spent on the assisted dying Bill. If I were to ask, “Would a society in which assisted dying is normalised be better because it has enhanced personal autonomy and reduced suffering, or worse, because it has devalued lives that others have judged are not…”
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“…Member of Parliament, when I took part in the 2015 Private Member’s legislation on assisted dying. My constituency was Birmingham Edgbaston, which had some interesting aspects, such as Harborne having the highest concentration of doctors per square mile anywhere in the country.”
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