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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 March 2026
Debate
Crime and Policing BillContribution
This goes back to 1961 and that decision to decriminalise suicide. Then, as now, there had been years of debate on a very contentious subject. There had been big debates within the churches, and people wrestled with profound thoughts. At the end of the day, they came to a decision that decriminalising suicide was the right thing to do.
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