Mike Tapp, the Labour MP for Dover and Deal, said it must "be specifically stated in the bill that medical practitioners are not to raise assisted dying with any patient." "It should only be discussed if it is raised by the patient," he told BBC News. "This helps mitigate the risk of accidental coercion, or the perception of a hint, at a time of immense emotional distress and vulnerability."
Roz Savage, the Liberal Democrat MP for South Cotswolds, said assisted dying should be "patient-led, not doctor-led." "To my mind, it would be very wrong for a doctor, or indeed anybody, to suggest to a person that they should seek assisted dying," she said. "I support the bill because it gives people choice, and this most important choice of their lives should not be in response to undue influence."
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