My Lords, briefly, the debate is now running into the sand a little and I hope that we can move on. I have great sympathy here for the noble Lord, Lord Dobbs. The word “suicide” could be applied to a member of the French resistance who, knowing that he was going to be captured and thinking that he would not be able to resist the Gestapo, took own life—an action I would completely understand—but it could also be applied to a suicide bomber. The word is so multivalent that once we start discussing it, we get into this interminable process. I suggest that we have now heard the arguments and should move on.
Assisted Dying Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Bishop of Chester
(Bishops (affiliation))
in the House of Lords on Friday, 16 January 2015.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Assisted Dying Bill [HL].
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