Assisted dying bill: Diane Abbott's powerful address against the proposed law change

Hackney MP Diane Abbott tells MPs NHS would be 'fully funded' suicide service Mother of the House Diane Abbott has told the Commons she will not be voting for the bill. The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP said: “As I said at the beginning I am not against assisted dying in any circumstances. “If this bill passes we will have the NHS funded as a fully funded 100 per cent suicide service but palliative care will only be funded at 30 per cent at best. She mentioned former MP Gordon Brown, who also opposes assisted dying, adding: “We need to do better at assisted living before deciding whether to legislate on ways to die.” The MP continued: “I represent very many vulnerable people in marginalised communities I can not vote for a bill where I have doubts about whether they will be protected.” Read more: Subscribe to the Evening Standard: https://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-Evening-S... for latest breaking news from the UK, US and around the world, plus podcasts and features. Evening Standard on socials: Check out our full video catalog:    / londoneveningstandard   Videos, daily editorial and more: https://www.standard.co.uk/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.fb.com/eveningstandard Follow us on Twitter:   / eveningstandard   and Instagram:   / evening.standard