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He served as a minister in both the Blair and Brown governments
The state media reports did not give further details
Scotland would have been the first nation in the UK to back assisted dying had the legislation been passed
She earned herself a peerage for her campaigning in 2010
A total of 52 personnel killed in action during the First and Second World Wars have been named
No non-Labour politician has ever held the post before
