Gordon Brown stated that his opposition to assisted dying stems from his realization of the importance of enhancing end-of-life care after the death of his infant daughter.The former prime minister stated that before attempting to enact laws pertaining to methods of death, Britain should "do better at assisted living." He lost his newborn daughter, Jennifer, at the age of 11 days in 2002. It comes before next week's historic vote on proposed changes to the law that have divided lawmakers from all political parties.In an emotive intervention, Mr Brown said it would be better for the UK to “focus all our energies” on offering better palliative care, something he experienced first hand with the death of his baby.

Daily Dazzling Dawn understands that, thousands of Muslims and British Bangladeshis across the country also oppose this. They arranged a press conference this week in east London.

Gordon Brown said the final days that he and his wife, Sarah, spent with Jennifer were the “most precious” of their lives, and convinced him of “the value and imperative of good end-of-life care”.The Labour grandee has previously described his grief at the loss of his daughter, who passed away just days after her premature birth following a brain haemorrhage.

Reflecting on the final days of her life in an article for The Guardian, Mr Brown expressed sympathy for those who are terminally ill and fear the suffering that lies ahead of them.But he said that, in his view, assisted dying is “not the only option available, nor even a good option when set against the palliative support that could be available in ensuring a good death”.

Mr Brown wrote: “Jennifer, the baby daughter my wife Sarah brought into the world a few days after Christmas 2001, died after only 11 days.

“By day four, when the extent of her brain haemorrhage had been diagnosed, we were fully aware that all hope was gone and that she had no chance of survival. We could only sit with her, hold her tiny hand and be there for her as life ebbed away. She died in our arms.

“But those days we spent with her remain among the most precious days of my and Sarah’s lives. The experience of sitting with a fatally ill baby girl did not convince me of the case for assisted dying; it convinced me of the value and imperative of good end-of-life care.”

Bill to be debated

MPs will debate the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which has been laid by Kim Leadbeater, a Labour backbencher, next Friday.

The plans would allow terminally ill adults expected to die within six months to request help to end their life, subject to checks by two independent doctors and a High Court judge.

The proposals will be put to a free vote, in which MPs can side with their conscience.

Ms Leadbeater has said that her Bill provides the “strictest protections of anywhere in the world”.

But it has split Sir Keir Starmer’s Cabinet, with at least five senior ministers including Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, and Shabana Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, set to vote against the change.