The law against assisted dying is causing avoidable misery
As justice secretary, my consultation paper on assisted dying was blocked by No 10 – now others must reform a broken system.
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David Gauke
David Gauke is a former Conservative cabinet minister and was MP for South West Hertfordshire from 2005 to 2019.
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