Suicide Prevention

Today, Keir Starmer told the House of Commons that, "One death by suicide is one too many."

Also today, the Assisted Suicide Bill Committee rejected amendments to protect people with diabetes and anorexia, rejected amendments to require that mental capacity be proved beyond reasonable doubt rather than presumed, ignored the warning that people with Down's syndrome might interpret a doctor's discussion of assisted suicide as a suggestion, and heard the relevant Minister refuse to deny that the Government regarded assisted suicide as healthcare.