Mr. Neil Ward:

I agree with everything Deputy Kenny has just said. We who have no religion do not believe in an afterlife, in which case this life is the only one we have. We believe in living it to ethical standards. I personally believe in living a considered life and trying to do the best I can within the sense of reason that I possess. However, if someone is diagnosed with a terminal illness and is in a lot of pain, the family are very limited in their options of ending that person's suffering, especially in this country. At the moment one option is possibly to assist illegally in suicide. Only those with the means to do so may travel. That is the way we see it. We believe that we should have agency over our own lives especially when it comes with great suffering. That is really all we are concerned about here.