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Will Durrant

Bill ‘effectively puts a price on my head’, peer warns in assisted dying debate

Peers are debating the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Ian Nicholson/PA) - (PA Archive)

A peer has said assisted dying legislation “effectively puts a price on” his head.

Lord Kevin Shinkwin, who described himself as being “severely disabled”, had neurosurgery after he suffered a series of mini-strokes, at one point leaving him with six months to live.

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