Matt Hancock said the facts underpinning assisted dying debate in the UK need to be 'properly addressed & published' in order to hold an informed debate. @ONS data will 'shed more light' on this issue and would produce an 'impartial set of facts'.
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The Secretary of State for Health & Social Care has gone further than any of his colleagues to advance a debate. But crucially he has stopped short of instigating the full and frank inquiry those who are terminally ill or incurably suffering require.
The news follows shortly after a cross party group of 50+ MPs and peers called for the Government to instigate a review of the UK’s laws on assisted dying, in a letter organised by us and our partners in the Assisted Dying Coalition, @MDMDmydecision
It's been 6 years since Parliament examined legislation on assisted dying, & 16 years since it formally scrutinised the evidence. Since then, public and medical opinion has shifted to being in favour of changing the law. Now is the time for change 👇
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