Health Bill

My Lords, if you read the paper, as I am sure the noble Lord has, there are deaths that are earlier than might have been anticipated. The professor has presented a very respectable piece of work, it is peer reviewed, and we can argue about the definitions. The fact is that it refers to a minimum number. The noble Lord will no doubt have read many other papers—the noble Lord, Lord Walton, referred to a number of them—which give far higher estimates. The Greater London Assembly has a printed document that refers to 10,000 individuals in London alone. The figures are very high and it is only responsible to use the latest ones, as many other speakers, including the noble Baroness, have. On the basis of that minimum number, we argue in favour of Part 1. We are not talking in hyperbolic terms but in a responsible, level-headed way on the basis of research that has been carried out. This minimum figure is three times the numbers killed each year in industrial injuries.