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Proceeding contribution from Christopher Chope (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Friday, 12 March 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill on Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill.


Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill

May I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Cardiff, North (Julie Morgan) on promoting the Bill? As will have been apparent, I have been trying to improve it, sadly without success so far today. I do not live without hope that it might be improved in the other place, and that the big gap in the Bill, which was exposed by the failure to include new clause 1, will be remedied. As my hon. Friend the Member for West Chelmsford (Mr. Burns) pointed out, an even bigger gap is the fact that the Bill deals only with the exposure of young people and children to artificial UV. It does not deal with the much bigger problem of exposure to natural sunlight and burning. I hope that the hon. Member for Cardiff, North will show equal enthusiasm for campaigning for a reduction in VAT on sun creams, which would contribute to wider use of those—


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
507 c559 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Health hazards EU law Fines Health education Ionizing radiation Standards Young people Regulation Safety Skin cancer Sunbeds
Legislation
Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill 2009-10
Link
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