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World Immunisation Week

Proceeding contribution from Paul Sweeney (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 2 May 2019. It occurred during Debate on World Immunisation Week.

My hon. Friend is making an important point about the massive positive impacts of public health campaigns, and I am reminded of the great public health drive in Glasgow to eradicate tuberculosis from the city in the 1960s, a public awareness campaign that was a huge success. But is my hon. Friend aware that this creeping cynicism around the positive benefits of immunisation is a critical national emergency, and does he agree that it is worth exploring making it a criminal offence not to immunise our children? Perhaps we should explore whether that is a necessary step given the critical nature of this.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
659 c390 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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