00:00So it's really important to say that Marie Curie takes a neutral stance on assisted dying.
00:08I believe deeply that that's the right thing to do.
00:11We don't want to influence the debate for or against.
00:15What our role in this is, is to address the massive postcode lottery in end-of-life care
00:23services across the United Kingdom.
00:27We know that too many people die in pain.
00:30We know that too many people across the UK don't have their needs met.
00:34Our research shows that about 90% of the population is going to need palliative care services
00:41at some point, and for us that is exactly where we want to be focusing the discussion
00:48in terms of resourcing that properly and giving people the right care and support that they
00:53need at the end of life.
00:55The current Archbishop of Canterbury has called the bill dangerous, but alternatively the
01:00previous Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, who retired from the Archbishop role
01:05in 2002, has urged Church of England bishops in the House of Lords to back a Parliamentary
01:12Bill on Assisted Dying.
01:13MP Kim Leed-Beater, the sponsor of the Assisted Dying Bill, has said that the lives of disabled,
01:19mentally ill people and vulnerable people will not be at risk from a proposed assisted
01:24dying law, as the bill is set to include stringent criteria, with each case likely
01:29to be ruled on by two doctors and a judge.
01:32The bill is still said to be one of the most controversial pieces of legislation to go
01:36before Parliament in recent years.
01:39And that's what we're all following very closely at the moment, and I'm sure there's households
01:44across the United Kingdom that are discussing this and grappling with it as a really difficult
01:51issue.
01:52We need to be completely focused on making sure that, you know, you have your needs met.
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