Orders of the Day — National Health Service

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 18 May 1953.

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Photo of Mr Arthur Woodburn Mr Arthur Woodburn , Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire 12:00, 18 May 1953

Does not the right hon. Gentleman agree that one of the essential differences between the cost of the standard article and of the proprietary medicine is the huge sums spent in advertising, and that if this kind of article is wrapped in a package and heavily advertised it will sell and be accepted more readily than the standard article?