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Lib Dems criticised for not backing Queen's Speech amendment calling for restoration of fully public NHS
Jo Swinson's Lib Dems abstained from a vote on a Queen’s Speech amendment that called for the NHS to be protected from further privatisation
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT MPs were criticised yesterday for having abstained from a vote on a Queen’s Speech amendment that called for the NHS to be protected from further privatisation.
Labour’s amendment was defeated by 310 votes to 282 on Wednesday night. It expressed “regret” that the Queen’s Speech did not include a repeal of the 2012 Health and Social Care Act.
The motion also called for government to “restore a publicly provided and administered NHS” and protect it from privatisation in any future trade agreements.
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