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I am sure that his review will get to the heart of many of these issues, but while he is doing that, people will die in circumstances that are unexplained and tragic.
Moreover, the younger that people start, the more likely they are to smoke for longer and to die early as a result. Worst of all, someone who starts smoking at 15 is three times more likely to die of cancer than someone who starts in their mid-20s.
To be helpful, I say that I will not die in a ditch on the issue. I see no particular problem but, if members feel strongly about the matter, let us have two panels.
However, that is around nine years away, and many people will die or be seriously injured on our roads during that time.I appreciate that the elephant must be eaten bite by bite, but I wonder whether the panel is aware of the research that was done over 10 years in Scotland by Dr Sarah Jones of Cardiff University, with Dr David Stone from the University of ...
In the face of such overwhelming opposition— You will press on? It is do or die, John. If members will let me finish, I will confirm that I will not press amendment 294.
If it is not connected, the patient will die. The pacemaker might be fine—we might have a beautiful bridge—but it will not fulfil the purpose that it was designed for.
However, if we can be assured that secondary legislation will be clear in that regard, we will not die in a ditch over the matter. I think that Mary Scanlon knows what to ask the minister next week.