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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Will Durrant

MPs share their own stories as assisted dying debate continues

Conservative former minister Sir James Cleverly spoke against assisted dying (House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA) - (PA Wire)

Had assisted dying been available previously, moments with loved ones might have been “lost”, MPs have heard.

Debating the proposal to roll out assisted dying in the UK, Sir James Cleverly described losing his “closest friend earlier this year” and said his opposition did not come from “a position of ignorance”.

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