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Yes, my concern with the bill in its current form is that it seeks to put so many last-minute hurdles in the path of those who want an assisted death that it will likely result in most not being able… (View Post)

The alternative might be to hold an Inquiry of some description beforehand, with the legislation then being introduced to endorse whatever recommendations it eventually makes. That route doesn't have… (View Post)

Rushed in what way? It doesn't seem so very different to David Steel's private member's bill which became the Abortion Act 1967. And the Sexual Offences Act 1967 started life as a Ten Minute Rule bil… (View Post)

Has there ever been a bright line divide between childhood and adulthood in UK law? A hundred years ago, the age of criminal responsibility was 8, school leaving age was 14, the age of consent was 16… (View Post)

Switzerland is probably the closest (isn't their constitution based on the Californian one?) - federal national council, federal council of states, cantonal councils, and communal councils. All the e… (View Post)