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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Former minister with terminal cancer urges MPs not to bring back assisted dying bill

Head and shoulders portrait of Ashley Dalton. She is illuminated against a dark background. She is 53 with short grey hair and wears red lipstick, gold necklaces and a pale yellow jacket.
‘It is our responsibility of members of the Houses of Parliament to make good law,’ said Ashley Dalton. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

A former public health minister facing terminal cancer has urged MPs not to bring back the assisted dying bill in England and Wales.

The Labour MP Ashley Dalton revealed she would be on lifelong treatment for metastatic breast cancer, which has spread throughout her body – but said her parliamentary colleagues should not revive the bill, which would legalise an assisted death to those with a terminal illness.

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