Kim Leadbeater reacts as assisted dying bill passes

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Kim Leadbeater, the MP who introduced the assisted dying bill into parliament, said it has been a "long journey" to get the bill passed. "It's been an extremely emotional journey. It was the right thing to happen," she said.  Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Surreal, to be quite honest. This has been a huge long journey to get here. It's been an extremely emotional journey.

00:05I've spent most of the last several months talking about death and dying, and that does weigh heavily on me individually,

00:10but also on lots of other people as well. But it was the right thing to happen.

00:14I've had some abuse and some unpleasantness. That sadly is the nature of politics these days.

00:20But I've also engaged with people who have a different view, and have been prepared to sit down and have a respectful debate about that.

00:25And I will continue to do that. And whatever reassurances anybody needs about the legislation itself,

00:30but also about the other issues that have come up as a result of this debate, I will keep talking about those issues.

00:35Whether it's palliative care and the need to invest more in that. We'll put the pressure on the government to do that.

00:39If it's about the rights of disabled people. And some of the things that I've heard have really upset me, thinking,

00:43goodness me, is that how you feel? Let's work together to combat some of those other issues as well.

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