My hon. Friend framed his policy in rather negative terms by saying that the Government did not disapprove of health insurance and did not want to prohibit or deter it. Can he be a bit more positive and say that it is their policy to try to encourage people to take responsibility for their own insurance, on similar lines to the Secretary of State for Transport saying that he wishes people to take responsibility for paying their own bus fares, despite their having bus passes, if they can afford so to do?
Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Christopher Chope
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 15 July 2010.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Finance Bill.
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