Proceeding contribution from David Burrowes (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 27 March 2012. It occurred during Backbench debate on Assisted Suicide.
Assisted Suicide
Would not one of the implications of the amendment, if it were passed, be to fetter the discretion of the DPP to amend the code? It would drive a coach and horses through section 10 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, which gives the DPP complete discretion to draft his own codes.
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- 542 c1372-4
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- 2010-12
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Crown Prosecution Service Aiding and abetting Euthanasia Prosecutions Suicide Purdy, Debbie
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