Podcast interview with Lord Falconer, former Lord Chancellor. Assisted Suicide, Supreme Court. By Charon QC

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At the Wardman Wire, we have teamed up with Charon QC to do a series of Politalks political podcasts.

This is an interview by Charon with Charlie Falconer, a former Lord Chancellor, on assisted dying and the new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom .

Lord Falconer put forward an amendment to the Suicide Act, which was defeated in the Lords recently.

Secondly, the interview discusss his thoughts on the reasoning behind establishing a new Supreme Court and the direction it may, in time, take.

Lord Falconer became Lord Chancellor In 2003, with the remit of abolishing the office. His reform included the creation, for the first time, of a Supreme Court for the UK, the creation of a commission to appoint judges, making a full-time independent judge the Head of the Judiciary for England and Wales, and introducing an elected Speaker for the House of Lords.

[audio:http://www.politalks.co.uk/pod/charonpodcast152.mp3]