ASSISTED DYING BILL BID MAKES HISTORY

MSP says more than 10,000 have lodged opinions

- MARK McGIVERN

AN MSP says his Bill to make assisted dying legal has attracted more public responses than any other in the history of the Scottish Parliament.

Lib Dem Liam McArthur's plan is understood to have inspired more than 10,000 people to voice their opinions.

Thе responses will be published this year and a a free vote at Holyrood could make Scotland the first in the UK to allow the option for people of sound mind, who are close to death and suffering immense pain.