Desmond Swayne is a former International Development Minister, and is MP for New Forest West.
The pressures are being ramped up yet again to legalise what’s being called ‘assisted dying’ for terminally ill people. No one can doubt the sincerity of those concerned, but the idea just hasn’t been thought through.
We are told not to worry, because there would be strict safeguards. But when you look more closely at these, you see they are little more than vague phrases. Let’s examine some of them.