Health Bill
Debate between Baroness Merron and Baroness Jones of MoulsecoombWednesday 28th October 2026
(2 weeks, 2 days ago)
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Baroness Merron (Lab)
I am not sure we are that far apart on this. I am just picking up the point about primary legislation, rather than the intent of the noble Lord, which I agree with.
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GP)
I will stand up before anybody else does.
I thank the Minister for her replies; I really admire the positivity in there. I have been using the NHS since 1949, and it is absolutely amazing. My working-class parents were incredibly delighted by its introduction, but I rather suspect that my age cohort has had the best of it—I hope that that is not true. I would love to respond to a lot of the points, including on coastal communities, which often suffer from huge environmental pollution in rivers, along seashores and so on. This has been a fascinating debate, and I can see an exciting Report stage in the offing. In the meantime, I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.