abstract:William F. "Bill" Howe (May 27, 1922 – June 26, 2007) was a baseball player at Yale University, most notable for earning First-Team All-American honors and playing in the inaugural 1947 College World Series alongside teammates Jackie Jensen and George H.
Health minister Earl Howe emphasised that the bill's specific requirement for the health secretary to have regard to promoting research was the first of its kind, but promised to "undertake closer consideration" of how the health secretary's duties on research are defined.
But Health Minister Earl Howe told peers that the bill had been subject to 25 full days of detailed analysis in the House of Lords - scrutiny that was "without recent precedent".