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Lord Alton gives his argument AGAINST the motion of the legalisation of Assisted Dying.
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Opens by saying the division in this argument is not over a matter of sympathy or compassion but over the issue of whether the law can be safely changed or not. He states the dying is not a personal affair but affects others in unforeseeable way and when it comes to euthanasia the interests of the individual cannot be separated from the interests of society as a whole.
He goes on to quote Dutch statistics on euthanasia and says that if a Dutch style euthanasia law were to be brought to Britain they're be 13,000 deaths in the first year alone. Also introduction of the law may give politicians an excuse to cut back on care for the sick, the right to die will evolve into a 'duty' to die as the issue of resources will be raised and giving people the right to die will make research on curing these terrible illnesses lax. He concludes by saying that this law will carry the seeds of its own extension within it.
Filmed on Thursday 18th October 2012
MOTION: THIS HOUSE WOULD LEGALISE ASSISTED DYING
Speakers in Proposition:
Professor Grayling
Richard Ottaway MP
Michael Irwin
Speakers in opposition:
Lord Alton
Baroness Finlay
Rober Preston
RESULT: THE MOTION WAS CARRIED
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