Pat last night sent a letter to members of the assisted dying bill committee, which was signed by at least 17 people, who are either terminally ill or whose loved ones have had horrible deaths or gone to Dignitas to die.
One MP, who wanted to remain anonymous, said: “I think serious reassurances need to be given about the robustness of this safeguard and that this new ‘judge-plus’ proposal actually strengthens protections.” They raised concerns about whether the expert panel would face the same regulation and scrutiny as practicing judges in courts do.
Ms Leadbeater has urged people to remember the "heart of what we're trying to solve here" - inadequate laws around assisted dying that leave people suffering traumatic, painful or undignified deaths.
And in 2023 Pat’s sister Trudi Eadington, who had Motor neurone disease, went to die at Switzerland’s assisted dying clinic Dignitas aged 71.
Pat also described trying to persuade his sister Trudi not to go to Dignitas and to live on through her illness like rugby player Rob Burrow, who also suffered from MND, did until his death last year.
