00:00Mr. Speaker, I've always been keen to ensure that my politics stays rooted in the worlds
00:04beyond Westminster, and it's clear that public opinion is very much in favour of a
00:08change in the law. Polling shows consistently that around 75% of people would like to see
00:14the legalisation of assisted dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults. These findings
00:21are significant, but it may not be that surprising that most people believe, as I do, that we
00:26should all have the right to make the choices and decisions we want about our own bodies.
00:31And let's be clear, we are not talking about a choice between life or death. We are talking
00:37about giving dying people a choice of how to die. I do not have a legal background,
00:42but I've always been driven by a strong sense of injustice. If I see a problem, I will do
00:46everything I can to try and solve it. Indeed, in this job, we all do that every week and
00:51every day, whether here in Parliament or in our constituencies. And when four former
00:56Directors of Public Prosecutions, including the Prime Minister, and two former Presidents
01:01of the Supreme Court, and many lawyers all agree that the law needs to change, surely
01:06Mr. Speaker, we have a duty to do something about it.
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