Grey-Thompson

British

/ ˈɡreɪˈtɒmpsən /

noun

Tanni ( Carys Davina ) Baroness. born 1969, British wheelchair athlete; won eleven gold medals in wheelchair racing in the Paralympic Games (1988–2004); a crossbench peer in the House of Lords since 2010

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Independent crossbench peer and former Paralympian Baroness Grey-Thompson is one of the bill's most vocal critics.

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Independent crossbench peer and former Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson told the BBC the bill was "badly written" and had significant gaps, with many of the amendments aimed at preventing coercion.

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On a similar note, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson said certain aspects of the assisted dying Bill "blur the line" for doctors around euthanasia.

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Lady Grey-Thompson, a Paralympian and long-time campaigner on the rights of disabled people, said: "Clause 25, sub-clause eight, allows the co-ordinating doctor to assist the person to ingest or otherwise self-administer the substance. This blurs the line between assisted dying and euthanasia."

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Last week former Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson published a set of recommendations after leading a UK government-commissioned review looking at how airline and airport staff support disabled passengers.

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