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Gas Debate and Drugs

I was pleased to persuade The (Deputy) Speaker to have an Emergency Debate on the gas crisis - see link.

I will put my text on the Gas issues blog.

In the mean time I have now written a letter referring the Drugs overpayment to the National Audit Office. There are clear financial problems in the NHS and if the NHS is overpaying for drugs then that should stop.

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