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Katrine Bussey

Former Scots MP says assisted suicide not needed to 'ensure dignity in death'

Former MSP Dennis Canavan has spoken out against plans for an assisted suicide law, saying his ­children’s deaths showed it is not needed to “ensure dignity in death”.

The ex-Labour MP, 79, who later became an independent MSP, said he had “probably had more than my fair share of deaths in my family”.

Four of his five children have died, three from terminal illness.

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