Written 17 October 2024 The government has announced that Parliament will debate a private members’ bill on assisted dying in the coming session so as this is an issue I have taken quite an interest in for some time I thought it would be good to set down a few thoughts on it. None of these will be original, this is not definitive and I expect to change my views over the coming years (as my views have changed up till now). First off I think people on both sides of the debate are almost without exception motivated by principle...