An Assisted Dying Bill has officially been introduced in the House of Lords as the Health Secretary said it is "a debate whose time has come".The prospect of legalising assisted death has increasingly been in the spotlight in the past year, with moves being made elsewhere in the British Isles, and the revelation from cancer-stricken TV star Dame Esther Rantzen that she has joined Dignitas.The broadcaster and Childline founder said she had "caught a glimpse of hope" with this fresh bid to change

An Assisted Dying Bill has officially been introduced in the House of Lords as the Health Secretary said it is "a debate whose time has come".The prospect of legalising assisted death has increasingly been in the spotlight in the past year, with moves being made elsewhere in the British Isles, and the revelation from cancer-stricken TV star Dame Esther Rantzen that she has joined Dignitas.The broadcaster and Childline founder said she had "caught a glimpse of hope" with this fresh bid to change the law being laid before Parliament.