The committee is made up of:

, who has stage-four lung cancer, is another long-standing campaigner for change. "All I'm asking for is that we be given the dignity of choice," she said.The Isle of Man and Jersey are both part of the British Isles but are able to set their own laws.

, and the new system could be in place by 2027.Jersey's politicians approved plans to allow assisted dying forin May 2024. The final legislation is being written. If approved, new rules could take effect from summer 2027.

generally refers to a person who is terminally ill receiving lethal drugs from a medical practitioner, which they administer themselves.is intentionally helping another person to end their life, including someone who is not terminally ill. That could involve providing lethal medication or helping them travel to another jurisdiction to die.

is the act of deliberately ending a person's life to relieve suffering in which a lethal drug is administered by a physician. Patients may not be terminally ill.

There are two types: voluntary euthanasia, where a patient consents; and non-voluntary, where they cannot because, for example, they are in a coma.The report highlighted risk assessments being completed without referencing information about child safeguarding and domestic abuse.

A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said the new government "inherited a criminal justice system in crisis" and it had plans to recruit 1,000 probation officers.The East of England probation service is one of 12 probation regions in England and covers Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Essex, Northamptonshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Martin Jones, chief inspector of probation, said: “While the commitment and dedication of leaders and staff across the region was found to be unwavering, this commitment and dedication is not amounting to sufficient measures in keeping the public safe or encouraging people on probation to change.”The report found chronic staffing issues "despite a sustained effort" across the region to recruit, and said senior probation officers had "excessive workloads and vast responsibilities which were greater than what they could reasonably be expected to deliver".