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Something unusual happened during Welsh Question Time in the House of Commons today. Both sides wanted to talk about the same subject.
Today, it was the NHS in Wales, an issue that at Westminster tends to be the topic of choice for Conservative MPs. Indeed, five of the seven questions tabled by Tories were about the Welsh health service.
But today, Labour decided to join the debate with both shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith and his deputy Nia Griffith deciding to raise the subject. A Labour fightback on the NHS or a case of getting their retaliation in first?
Owen Smith said: "The Tory war on Wales has reached a new low in this House today: four questions from compliant Tory backbenchers, all suggesting that a higher proportion of Welsh patients are being treated in England when the reverse is the case.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-26751341
Today, it was the NHS in Wales, an issue that at Westminster tends to be the topic of choice for Conservative MPs. Indeed, five of the seven questions tabled by Tories were about the Welsh health service.
But today, Labour decided to join the debate with both shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith and his deputy Nia Griffith deciding to raise the subject. A Labour fightback on the NHS or a case of getting their retaliation in first?
Owen Smith said: "The Tory war on Wales has reached a new low in this House today: four questions from compliant Tory backbenchers, all suggesting that a higher proportion of Welsh patients are being treated in England when the reverse is the case.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-26751341