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Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:13 pm on 28 June 2005.

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Photo of Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville Conservative 3:13, 28 June 2005

My Lords, was it an exercise in transparency when the noble Lord, Lord Warner, recently said that an increase of £30 billion to £90 billion in NHS expenditure was an increase of 300 per cent, or is new Labour arithmetic a variant form?