Former PM, whose daughter died aged 11 days, says debate is moving too fast and calls for commission into palliative care

• We need better end-of-life care, not assisted dying | Gordon Brown

The former prime minister Gordon Brown has declared his opposition to the legalisation of assisted dying, saying the death of his newborn daughter in January 2002 convinced him of the “value and imperative of good end-of-life care”.

In a rare and poignant glimpse into the tragedy, he says the time he and his wife, Sarah, spent at their baby Jennifer’s bedside “as her life ebbed away” were “among the most precious days of [our] lives”.