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Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row (Con)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, and I thank my noble friend Lord Black for securing this debate. I refer noble Lords to my interests, as listed in the register, as a member of the osteoporosis APPG and a supporter of the Royal Osteoporosis Society.
My father and mother taught me that, “If you have nothing useful to say, don’t say anything”. I am afraid that, being seventh on the list this evening, I will not trouble noble Lords with the carefully timed and crafted four-minute speech I have prepared, because I follow six excellent and comprehensive speeches. But I will make two quick points.
First, I thank and congratulate Her Majesty, Queen Camilla, who has been associated with the Royal Osteoporosis Society for 30 years and its president for 23 years. I know politics is not business, but I hope the Government recognise that there is a business case here, on behalf of the patient and the taxpayer. I urge the Government to follow the recommendations they made when in opposition. The Government of the day promised, if they had been returned, to make speedy progress on the rollout of FLS across this country.