“I believe it is deeply irresponsible of any government to allow a change of this magnitude to be carried out without due, proper, government-supported parliamentary process”. With these words, released in a statement by the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Catholic Primate of England and Wales, criticised the way in which the Labour Government of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is handling the assisted suicide legislation. The bill, currently at committee stage, is being debated in Westminster and could be finally passed in a few months. Speaking to the members of Christian Fellowship, an association that brings together Christian journalists from News UK – the editorial group that publishes The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun –, the English Catholic Primate explained that if the bill came to pass, Parliament would have dedicated at most seven hours of debate to it, whereas “the fox hunting bill endured 700 hours of debate” in Westminster. Last October, the Cardinal also issued a pastoral letter to his Archdiocese of Westminster, encouraging the faithful to contact their MPs and ask them to vote against the bill that would give the green light to assisted suicide.