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Health Bill [Lords]

Proceeding contribution from Ian McCartney (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 8 June 2009. It occurred during Debate on bills on Health Bill [Lords].
The hon. Gentleman needs to hear the rest of my speech. I will comment on that particular approach—I am not so sure that it is a Conservative party approach, although I welcome that party's late conversion. It used to be a mouthpiece for the tobacco industry—[Interruption.] The hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Mr. Lansley) may say, "Oh no, he's being partisan", but I was here year after year, in debate after debate, for Queen's Speech after Queen's Speech, when Conservative Ministers refused to take action. Consequently, thousands of unnecessary deaths and illness occurred in the defence of the tobacco industry.

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Reference

493 c601 

Session

2008-09

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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