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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Harriet Sherwood

Archbishop of Canterbury to meet MP behind assisted dying bill

Kim Leadbeater
Kim Leadbeater’s letter stresses the need to avoid ‘discord and division’ in the debate about assisted dying. Photograph: Jaimi Joy/Reuters

The archbishop of Canterbury is to meet the architect of a parliamentary bill to legalise assisted dying after he described a change in the law as dangerous.

Kim Leadbeater, MP for Spen Valley, wrote to Justin Welby after he intervened in the debate over assisted dying. The archbishop said the MP’s private member’s bill would lead to a “slippery slope”, including a broadening of criteria and pressure on people to die prematurely.

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