In the Chair: Imogen Schon, President (Lent 2014) Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying Bill, currently making its way through the British Houses of Parliament, would allow mentally capable adults with less than six months to live to request and receive help in ending their own lives. In this debate, we ask whether legalising assisted dying is moral, and whether sanctity or quality of life should be prioritised. *********************************************************** PROPOSITION: COLIN BREWER Retired psychiatrist Dr Colin Brewer is credited with first proposing a self-deliverance manual. He is a vocal supporter of the 'right-to-die'. JOHN HARRIS John Harris is Professor of Bioethics at Manchester University. He sat on the Ethics Committee of the British Medical Association for 15 years. MICHAEL IRWIN Michael's vocal campaign to legalise assisted suicide has earned him the alias 'Dr Death'. He formerly Chaired the Voluntary Euthanasia Society. *********************************************************** OPPOSITION: ROBERT PRESTON Founding Director of the campaign group Living and Dying Well, Robert is a former Whitehall civil servant and a parliamentary official. MADELEINE TEAHAN Associate Editor at the Catholic Herald, Madeleine is a keen commentator on issues surrounding euthanasia and assisted dying. BRIAN IDDON The Chairman of Care Not Killing, Brian sat on the UK Science and Technology Select Committee between 1997 and 2010

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