“The proposals, which would allow terminally ill adults resident in England and Wales for at least 12 months to apply for an assisted death subject to the approval of two doctors and an expert panel, will fall if they do not complete all the parliamentary stages before the end of the current session in the coming weeks.”

“After publication of the latest CPS figures, a man who accompanied his wife to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland told how he had faced police investigation when he returned home and spoke of the 'additional stress and jeopardy' he endured.”

“Care Not Killing, which is opposed to a change in the law, has previously said: 'The political priority must be to give patients a genuine choice through world-class hospice care, not turning doctors into executioners because fixing palliative care is too difficult and costly. As we have repeatedly said, we urgently need much more care, not killing.'”

“In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org”