PUBLISHED: 08:23 21 July 2020 | UPDATED: 16:56 21 July 2020<\/p>\n
Results of a vote is announced in the House of Commons. Photograph: Jessica Taylor\/House of Commons.<\/p>\n
HOC\/JESSICA TAYLOR<\/p>\n
An amendment to the governments Trade Bill intended to protect the NHS and publicly funded health and care services from any form of control from outside the UK has been defeated. <\/p>\n
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The government insisted UK law offers such protections and any changes would have to come before parliament.<\/p>\n
But for Labour, shadow international trade minister Bill Esterson said the lack of scrutiny threatens to leave the health service wide open to pharmaceutical giants.<\/p>\n
MPs voted by 340 votes to 251 against supporting the amendment.<\/p>\n
We Own It campaigns officer Ellen Lees said: Its frankly sickening that at a time when were more reliant on our NHS than ever before, the government has steamrollered through parliament a Trade Bill that offers absolutely no protection for our treasured NHS. Were now at risk of higher drug prices, private companies being able to sue the government if it tries to limit their ability to profit from our healthcare, and Donald Trump getting his hands on our NHS.<\/p>\n
Worse still, parliament wont even get to have a say in any future trade deals - meaning our NHS could be offered up on a silver platter to the highest bidder, and we wouldnt know a thing about it before a trade deal is signed and sealed.<\/p>\n
This government promised to take back control but theyre doing the opposite. They promised to keep the NHS off the table. Theyre doing the opposite. Now its time for the House of Lords to step up to the plate and fight back against this totally undemocratic power grab from the government.<\/p>\n
These MPs voted against the proposal:<\/p>\n
Ada, Nigel<\/p>\n
Afriyie, Adam<\/p>\n
Ahmad Khan, Ian<\/p>\n
Aiken, Nickie<\/p>\n
Aldous, Peter<\/p>\n
Allan, Lucy<\/p>\n
Amess, Sir David<\/p>\n
Anderson, Lee<\/p>\n
Anderson, Stuart<\/p>\n
Ansell, Caroline<\/p>\n
Argar, Edward<\/p>\n
Atherton, Sarah<\/p>\n
Atkins, Victoria<\/p>\n
Bacon, Gareth<\/p>\n
Bacon, Richard<\/p>\n
Badenoch, Kemi<\/p>\n
Bailey, Shaun<\/p>\n
Baillie, Siobhan<\/p>\n
Baker, Duncan<\/p>\n
Baker, Steve<\/p>\n
Baldwin, Harriett<\/p>\n
Baron, John<\/p>\n
Baynes, Simon<\/p>\n
Bell, Aaron<\/p>\n
Benton, Scott<\/p>\n
Beresford, Sir Paul<\/p>\n
Berry, Jake<\/p>\n
Bhatti, Saqib<\/p>\n
Blackman, Bob<\/p>\n
Blunt, Crispin<\/p>\n
Bone, Peter<\/p>\n
Bowie, Andrew<\/p>\n
Bradley, Ben<\/p>\n
Bradley, Karen<\/p>\n
Braverman, Suella<\/p>\n
Brereton, Jack<\/p>\n
Bridgen, Andrew<\/p>\n
Brine, Steve<\/p>\n
Bristow, Paul<\/p>\n
Britcliffe, Sara<\/p>\n
Brokenshire, James<\/p>\n
Browne, Anthony<\/p>\n
Bruce, Fiona<\/p>\n
Buchan, Felicity<\/p>\n
Buckland, Robert<\/p>\n
Burghart, Alex<\/p>\n
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Burns, Conor<\/p>\n
Butler, Rob<\/p>\n
Cairns, Alun<\/p>\n
Carter, Andy<\/p>\n
Cartlidge, James<\/p>\n
Cash, Sir William<\/p>\n
Cates, Miriam<\/p>\n
Caulfield, Maria<\/p>\n
Chalk, Alex<\/p>\n
Chishti, Rehman<\/p>\n
Churchill, Jo<\/p>\n
Clark, Greg<\/p>\n
Clarke, Simon<\/p>\n
Clarke, Theo<\/p>\n
Clarke-Smith, Brendan<\/p>\n
Clarkson, Chris<\/p>\n
Cleverly, James<\/p>\n
Clifton-Brown, Sir Geoffrey<\/p>\n
Coffey, Dr Thrse<\/p>\n
Colburn, Elliot<\/p>\n
Collins, Damian<\/p>\n
Costa, Alberto<\/p>\n
Courts, Robert<\/p>\n
Coutinho, Claire<\/p>\n
Cox, Geoffrey<\/p>\n
Crabb, Stephen<\/p>\n
Crosbie, Virginia<\/p>\n
Crouch, Tracey<\/p>\n
Daly, James<\/p>\n
Davies, David T. C.<\/p>\n
Davies, Gareth<\/p>\n
Davies, Dr James<\/p>\n
Davies, Mi<\/p>\n
Davis, David<\/p>\n
Davison, Dehenna<\/p>\n
Dinenage, Caroline<\/p>\n
Dines, Miss Sarah<\/p>\n
Djanogly, Jonathan<\/p>\n
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