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Tue 28th Jun 2011
Finance Bill
Commons Chamber

Finance Bill

Debate between Andrew Gwynne and Thomas Docherty
Tuesday 28th June 2011

(12 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Thomas Docherty Portrait Thomas Docherty
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Now the hon. Gentleman is shaking his head. There are many highly paid consultants who split their time between their private practice, their golf course and the national health service. The time that they spend in private practice is clearly time that is not available to the national health service.

Andrew Gwynne Portrait Andrew Gwynne
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Is this not a question of priorities? If there is a pot of money to be given away, would it not be much better to spend it on health care for the many, rather than on a tax give-away for the few?

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