I can’t say for sure if this is the strangest parliamentary question asked in recent years but, via John Rentoul, it’s certainly rum. John Spellar, Labour MP for Waring submitted this as a written question:
I suppose that we can only be glad that the answer was in fact “no”, not “we have no plans to ban cheddar cheese sandwiches in hospitals” or, more succinctly, “yes”.Hospitals: Food Mr Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to ban the sale of (a) tea and coffee with sugar and (b) cheddar cheese sandwiches in hospitals. [5340] Anne Milton: No.
UPDATE: In the coments, Guto Daffyd has a good theory as to what this might be about.
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