"The politicians need to have the guts to change this law. Accept that the British public want this change. I'm asking MPs to be sympathetic to cases like mine. How many people will have to suffer before they pass this law?"

In August this year I accompanied my friend Bob Cole to Dignitas in Zurich. He was in such terrible pain as a result of his asbestosis, which no amount of drugs could alleviate. Bob would rather have died in his own home, in his own bed, with his friends around him. But instead he had to make the long and painful journey to Switzerland, because the law here in Britain does not allow dying people the choice to control their death.Before Bob was assisted to die, he had a message for MPs, he said:Bob's story, sadly, is not uncommon. One person from Britain travels to Dignitas to die every two weeks. But for every person who goes to Dignitas, 10 more dying people take their own lives here at home. Many die in desperate and undignified ways, often alone. With a safeguarded law in place, we could give choice and control to dying people and let them decide when their suffering has become unbearable. No one would be made to die - this law would enable choice.Carol Taylor OBE