'The state should never offer death as a service,' Shabana Mahmood has said
Good morning and welcome to i's live blog. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said that the state should “never offer death as a service” ahead of the historic vote on the Terminally Ill Adults Bill on Friday. The MP for Birmingham Ladywood said she was “profoundly concerned” by the legislation and warned that it could create a “slippery slope towards death on demand”.
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood outside Downing Street In her letter to voters, first reported by The Observer, Mahmood said: “Sadly, recent scandals – such as Hillsborough, infected blood and the Post Office Horizon – have reminded us that the state and those acting on its behalf are not always benign. “I have always held the view that, for this reason, the state should serve a clear role. 'It should protect and preserve life, not take it away.
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