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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

‘Strengthen assisted dying Bill to protect those who feel they are a burden’

Former home secretary James Cleverly has said the assisted dying Bill must be amended to protect against people asking to due because they feel they are a burden (House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA) - (PA Wire)

Stronger safeguards are needed in the proposed new law on assisted dying to protect against people requesting to end their lives because they feel they are a burden on society, James Cleverly has said.

The Conservative MP, who voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in November, said he wants to “make sure” that people who opt for assisted dying are “genuinely doing this for their own benefit”.

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