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    Dame Esther Rantzen makes fresh call for assisted dying vote after MPs’ report

    by Rebecca Thomas,Aine Fox and Laura Harding Feb 29, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: PA

    Dame Esther Rantzen has made a fresh call for a vote on legalising assisted dying as MPs warn the government it must consider how to react if territories like the Isle of Man or Jersey relax their rules.

    Parliament’s health and social care committee (HSCC) said it was looking “increasingly likely” that the islands would legalise assisted dying and suggested the government must come up with a plan on what to do if terminally ill patients in Britain want to travel to use the controversial treatments there.

    The committee, which launched its inquiry eight months ago, has been

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