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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Eleni Courea Political correspondent

UNCOVERED: Mps urged to give people choice and dignity as assisted dying debate begins - Caught on Camera

Meg Hillier speaking in the House of Commons
Meg Hillier, recounting her teenage daughter’s experience with acute pancreatitis, said: ‘I saw what good medicine can do that palliated that pain.’ Photograph: House of Commons/PA

The House of Commons heard impassioned pleas on both sides of the assisted dying debate as MPs prepared for a landmark vote on whether to legalise the practice in England and Wales.

MPs recounted their personal experiences of illness and death, and the appeals they have heard from their constituents on assisted dying.

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