"This bill would implement government strategy, " Lord Stevenson concluded.

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The bill will be piloted through by the Crossbencher, Lord Stevenson of Coddenham.

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The government said Stevenson went so far as to propose a bill to create a monopoly for the newly opened center that caters to the elderly and the disabled.

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The bill, which has been backed by mental health charities and the Royal College of Physicians, builds on the work of Lord Stevenson of Coddenham, who launched a similar bill in the House of Lords in the previous Parliamentary session.

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Stevenson and four businessmen were charged in part with conspiring to pass a bill in the state Legislature to protect a new Bronx adult center from competitors for three years to give the center a monopoly against other facilities that might want to offer meals, social activities and supervision for the elderly and disabled.

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