Keir Starmer, Director of Public Prosecutions insists that the present law is workable and lends support to Gordon Brown who has also ruled out a change in the law on asisted suicide. Since he took office, Keir Starmer has had to decide whether to prosecute the parents of Daniel James, the paralysed rugby player who went to Switzerland with their help to end his life. He had decided against any action.

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• The Times 15/01/2009
• About Daniel James