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Business of the House

I welcome the Deputy Leader of the House, and I am most relieved that his great talents have been kept well away from his preferred area of Europe. This week has seen the world day for osteoporosis, a disease that is causing increased bone fragility and a greater number of fractures. There are quarter of a million fractures a year in this country—one a day in each of our constituencies. May we have a debate on the condition, not least to discuss the National Osteoporosis Society's report, ““Your bones and osteoporosis: What every man, woman and child should know””? It highlights the importance of diet and activity in heading off the distressing human cost, and indeed the economic cost to the NHS, of something that is largely avoidable.