The Assisted Dying Bill: Rushed And Lacking Scrutiny, Or Unfairly Criticised?

Don’t be fooled by the euphemisms around assisted dying

It’s funny the ways we lie to ourselves. The little lies. The white ones. We say we’re exhausted when we mean we’re unfit. That we’re joyful when we’re drunk. That we want to be alone when in fact we’ve simply been left out. Parliament is the same. We invent ways of saying things to mask

The Assisted Dying Bill: Rushed And Lacking Scrutiny, Or Unfairly Criticised?

Has the assisted dying bill been rushed as critics say? Would the unusually complex Private Members’ Bill have been any better-off as a government bill? The Hansard Society’s Ruth Fox and Matthew England explore