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HARDtalk: Lord Falconer - Former UK Secretary of State for Justice

17/07/2014

Lord Falconer - Former UK Secretary of State for Justice

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Lord Falconer - Former UK Secretary of State for Justice

Zeinab Badawi speaks to Labour peer and former attorney-general Lord Falconer.

Interviews with newsmakers and personalities from across the globe. Zeinab Badawi speaks to Labour peer and former attorney-general Lord Falconer.

Just a handful of countries allow assisted dying or euthanasia or both - most notably Switzerland and the Netherlands. It is a difficult and contentious area for policymakers. In the UK, the highly controversial Assisted Dying Bill has its second reading in Parliament. HARDtalk speaks to Labour peer and former attorney-general Lord Falconer, who has introduced the bill, and asks how he defends the right to die in the face of staunch opposition from many in the medical establishment, politicians and religious leaders?

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