Matt Hancock debates assisted dying

The topic of assisted dying has been debated in Government, with contributions from Suffolk MPs.

Transcript

00:00 I was also deeply affected and persuaded by my constituent David Minns.

00:07 Today I had the honour of meeting his son, Matt Minns.

00:11 David, who has now died, was in the awful situation of having a disease

00:21 that he himself had watched his own daughter die an incredibly painful death.

00:28 To those who say palliative care needs to be better and palliative care can be enough,

00:33 of course it needs to be better and of course people give their careers to amazing palliative care.

00:40 But the best palliative care in the world cannot prevent hugely painful deaths for some.