Reform UK's deputy leader, Richard Tice, says he'll be voting in favour of the Assisted Dying Bill - a decision that was guided by knowing someone who died a 'painful and slow' death. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00It's a massive day debating this hugely hugely important topic of assisted dying
00:08and there'll be five hours of debate. I hope that members will speak
00:12modest lengths so that as many people can speak as possible. I'm going to be voting in favour
00:16of the bill and of course that's really just voting in favour of allowing it to go to the
00:21committee stage, to third reading, to the House of Lords. So this is just the beginning of the
00:25process. Those who say it's been rushed and that this is sort of the end of it, that's not the
00:31case. So let's see what happens. I've no idea which way it's going to go. Across the whole country
00:36I've had hundreds of emails and you know there's been lots of lobbying groups encouraging people
00:42to write standard emails. The ones that are most powerful are those that are actually written by
00:47the constituent themselves as opposed to a copy and paste where people actually put their own
00:52experiences, their own personal views. My own personal view which has guided me was someone I
00:56saw who died a very painful slow death and I think that's the sort of thing that really does sear on
01:03one's mind.