It was also a "very important" principle that everyone should be covered by clinical commissioning groups.

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Replying for Labour, shadow justice minister Lord Bach described the proposal as a "very important statement of principle" which he supported wholeheartedly.

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And it's a principle that he believes is very important.

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He has now moved on to a plan which, in principle, will have a very important, positive effect and is a good start in what I see as the right direction.

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And that is a principle that I think is going to be very important for us to sustain.

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The principle of the machine working, and working reliably is very important.

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