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Health Bill [HL]

Might I draw my noble friend’s attention to a procedural matter, to which she referred earlier? She will be unaware of the fact that I was, for a number of years, a Whip in another place—admittedly, that was some considerable time ago—and I can assure her that the Whips will always put in Tellers in order to protect the Government’s business, whether there is a free vote or not. The one exception is if the vote is on a Private Member’s Bill, where a free vote would cover the entire Bill and not an amendment.