Perspective: When the Debate Veers Off the Subject in Hand

Birmingham Post › October 15, 2004

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MPs have been in a confessional mood this week.

Tony Wright, the MP for Cannock Chase, was moved to talk about his own family as he urged colleagues to consider the implications of the controversial Mental Capacity Bill, which some critics claim will legalise euthanasia.

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Perspective: When the Debate Veers Off the Subject in Hand

Speaking in the House of Commons, Dr Wright told MPs: 'We are talking not only about the law, but about deep, agonising moral dilemmas. It reminded me that I have been asked in the...

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