00:00But I would recall to the House that in 1969 Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty
00:10for murder. Public opinion was actually against this, but MPs believed on a point of principle
00:22that the state should not be involved in taking a life. It was a good principle in
00:311969 and it remains a good principle today. I am not against legalising assisted dying
00:43in any circumstance, but I have many reservations about this Bill and in particular I do not
00:54believe that the safeguards are sufficient. They are supposed to be the strongest in the
01:03world because of the involvement of a High Court judge.
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