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Tory MPs vote down legal bid to 'protect the NHS' in post-Brexit trade deals

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Tory MPs have voted down a legal bid which was aimed at protecting the NHS in post-Brexit trade deals. The House of Lords passed an amendment last month which would have blocked any trade deal that “undermines or restricts” the ability to provide “a comprehensive publicly funded health service free at the point of delivery”.

The amendment also would have blocked “the sale of patient data” in any trade deal unless the proceeds were ploughed back into UK health and care services, along with a string of other restrictions.

But the government defeated the proposed law tonight in the Commons - saying it wasn’t necessary because there was no question of the NHS being on the table in a trade deal.

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