Ashley Dalton MP

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[Jess Asato MP @Jess4Lowestoft]

This is a deeply complex and literally life-changing Bill.

We’re no longer talking about the principle – this is real, and it is not safe.

The Assisted Dying Bill returns to Parliament on 11 September.

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

@Angelostanti @RightToLifeUK Thing about Common Sense is it has no place in law and it’s not really very common.

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

There is a misconception that the Assisted Dying (Terminally Ill Adults) Bill is a Labour Bill and supported by Labour. It’s not. It’s a cross party Bill and many Labour MPs oppose it. Check out our website to find out why.

https://t.co/tv4jjEulZR

[Andy Keen-Downs CBE @AndyKeenDowns]

Impact assessment for the Assisted Dying Bill out . MPs who previously supported might consider whether the ‘safeguards’ against coercion are genuine or robust. IMHO, absolutely not . Please vote NO and fight for palliative care investment instead . @thelizcarr @hospiceuk

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

@Amanda_M_Hunter @MaryKnightArt @nmdacosta I am sorry for your loss and great to hear you’re in remission. Good luck with your treatment.

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

I’ve am that patient that a Dr like Zubir has to say “we can’t cure you. You are going to die” to. I know what the fear is like. I couldn’t agree with Zubir more; this assisted dying bill is not safe and is too flawed to pass.

[Dr Zubir Ahmed MP @zubirahmed]

I know this is a rightly emotive topic for many and not everyone will agree with me. But I do feel duty bound to speak up as a former health minister and doctor to say the time for the assisted dying bill is not now.

https://t.co/LIsM7LBzEj

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

@Amanda_M_Hunter @MaryKnightArt @nmdacosta Exactly, it’s not choice when you have no agency because you aren’t wealthy enough to buy the care you need. We need to fix palliative and end of life care.

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

@ChrisSm61651559 @RightToLifeUK Exactly, and what choice is it if it’s can you afford to live 6 months with this illness and the things you might need? You don’t trust the state will help you to live cos end of life care is a mess, but the state will help you to die. Choice is about agency, not just options.

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

@Angelostanti @RightToLifeUK That is what he said. He tried to reposition it at the end by saying poor people shouldn’t be excluded but that’s not he started with. He said if you are poor and your *reason* for an AD is because you feel you can’t afford to live with your illness then you should be able to.

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

@nmdacosta The gvt spends £57m a year on suicide prevention and people are rightly appalled that annually 7000 still kill themselves in the UK. I am deeply concerned about what assisted dying would say about the normalisation of suicide and the impact on suicides by the non-terminally ill.

[Nikki da Costa @nmdacosta]

The vote on 11 September is not 'on the principle' or 'to continue debate' it is about forcing THIS bill into law. A Bill that cuts parliament out of further decisions.

Can MPs look their constituents in the eye and really say they did everything possible to prevent abuse?

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

@forwardnotback @UKLabour I disagree. In a free vote MPs need to be able to make that decision without worrying about what the PM wants and feeling, albeit in many cases subconsciously, obliged to follow. Not unlike the fears many of us have about how tacit coercion might work if the Bill if passed.

[Andrew Pakes MP @andrewpakes_]

I respect the PM for this. This isn’t a party vote. I will be voting against again next month. My concerns about the bill still stand. It’s time to move on and focus on things we all agree on like improving palliative care.

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

@BlackM1710 80% of the emails I get from my constituents about assisted dying are against this Bill.

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

@parr_craig61423 It’s not about the principle. It’s about the Bill. It’s not safe. It’s flawed and puts people at risk. How many wrongful or coerced deaths are ok to allow some people to “choose”? For instance there’s no requirement for a person to be mentally well in order to get an AD.

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

@parr_craig61423 It’s my job to have an opinion and to vote on this, Craig. Staying out of it would be a dereliction of duty.

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

@tonyofsidcup If only a better Bill had been tabled. It’s the same one as last time. Barely any amendments were accepted or passed before. Proposers unlikely to accept any amendments either so that it can bypass the Lords using the Parliament Acts.

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

@MaryKnightArt @nmdacosta I’m sorry to hear that. What scares me the most is that I know how easy it is, when you first face the prospect, to think that maybe just getting the dying over with would be easier for everyone.

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

@BlackM1710 Well it’s literally my job to vote on what becomes the law. This isn’t about the principle either, it’s about the Bill as presented and it’s not good enough. The proposer has intimated amendments won’t be accepted as it’s the same bill as before post committee.

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

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