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Public Health (England)

It is interesting that it should be me who draws out Tory policy, because Opposition Members did not mention it in their speeches. [Interruption.] Perhaps I did not hear the hon. Member for Westbury say so. The hon. Member for Westbury said that it was a pity that the Black report did not receive wider coverage. As I recall, it was suppressed by Baroness Thatcher because it was far too inflammatory, and it was almost impossible to obtain a copy. It was not until Peter Townsend published it in a Penguin book that the public were allowed to see it, and it was hardly looked at by the Conservative Government.