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Health Bill [HL]

Proceeding contribution from Baroness Golding (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 11 March 2009. It occurred during Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Health Bill [HL].
I am not going to give way for the moment. Do we want nothing on the packages? Then why have the Government already ordered manufacturers to do all this? They have done it. What is the identification? Sterling. It is the identification of the manufacturer. Do we not want manufacturers to be identified? Do we not want the size of the cigarette to be put on the package? What is it that we are after? Is it getting rid of this colourful advertisement, "Smoking causes a slow and painful death", which was put on by the Government? Is all that to come off? What a lot of nonsense we do talk. We do one thing one day, and the next day noble Lords want it all off and to do something else. It is an absolutely stupid amendment.

About this proceeding contribution

Reference

708 c444-5GC 

Session

2008-09

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords Grand Committee
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