A senior Anglican priest was the only member of Lord Falconer’s commission to challenge its conclusion that the law should be changed so that terminally ill people can be helped to end their lives. Here, he argues that time is needed for a richer and more nuanced consideration of the issues Last friday’s debate on the Assisted Dying Bill in the House of Lords felt like a gentle game of tennis on a Sunday afternoon with the ball knocked from one side of the court to the other. Firmly held views were expressed in a measured fashion. Where emotion emerged it was often through the sharing of personal and sometimes painful experience. It was almost impossible to doubt the integrity of a particular position moderately stated in the context of that particular arena.In the end, the b