Lord Cameron is the first former prime minister to come out in support of the bill. He says he asked himself four questions when working out if he could give his support to the legislation - adding that he will vote for it if it reaches the Lords.
David Cameron has become the first former prime minister to come out in support of the assisted dying bill. The former Tory leader has written a piece in The Times explaining his decision, and saying that in the past he opposed moves to introduce measures allowing terminally ill people to end their own life.
On whether the bill is a 'slippery slope' - as Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood claimed - he says such an argument can be made for any social change. The former prime minister writes that the bill is in 'a sensible and practical resting place for public policy in this area', and is explicitly only for the terminally ill, rather than those with mental illnesses and disabilities.
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