I am slightly amazed by that answer. The Minister described Her Majesty’s Government as a government of choice. A few months ago, in answer to a rather mischievous supplementary question that I asked in Question Time, he said:"““We still live in a democracy””.—[Official Report, 8/3/06; col. 749.]"
My question was why they did not go the whole hog and ban smoking altogether. If they are a government of choice, this part of the Bill is one of the most restrictive that I have ever seen on choices of individuals. It is a rather curious argument that the Minister has just used.
Health Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Skelmersdale
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 15 May 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Health Bill.
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