Mr. Neil Ward:

What we are saying is that the slippery slope argument is that once you legislate for assisted dying in specific circumstances, you will naturally extend that to other conditions. That is what we are saying has not happened. We regard the slippery slope argument as a pessimistic view of legislation and regulation. Realistically, once the law is robust and sets the criteria, there is no evidence they are expanded by legislators thereafter. It is more about looking at the legislation than the effect on the population.