A senior MP was “concerned that vulnerable people would be drawn” into the assisted dying process

Ms Abbott added: “If we think about choice, we also need to think about choosing people who, if they were supported, could end their lives peacefully and happily, but could find themselves either because they don’t want to be a burden or because they are worried about their finances “Their families will be deprived by the cost of care, and there will even be some people who will think, ‘Oh, I shouldn’t take up a hospital bed,’ I think they should have a real choice and not see endorsed suicide as the only option.”