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Personal Care at Home Bill

I talked about the principle of the Bill being right, but I made it absolutely clear that I thought that its purpose was at best unclear and possibly worse, and suggested that it might have unintended consequences that were the negation of that principle. On that basis, Mr. Deputy Speaker, you would hardly expect me misguidedly to follow the hon. Gentleman into the Aye Lobby and encourage the delusion—I am being generous in using that word—that lies at the heart of the Bill. I cannot believe that it is wicked, so it must be deluded.