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Bone ban Devo row.


FEARS of Devo disaster emerged last night as Scottish and UK Government ministers attacked each other over the beef-on-the-bone ban.

The accusations started flying when Westminster's chief medical officer, Professor Liam Donaldson Sir Liam Donaldson is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England. He has held this post since 1998.[1]

As the Chief Medical Officer, Donaldson holds important responsibilities across the whole field of health and health care, and he is the British government's
, said sales of t-bone steaks and spare ribs
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Spare ribs (also called spareribs) are a variety of pork ribs, cooked and eaten in various cuisines around the world. They are the most inexpensive cut of pork ribs.
 should be allowed.

Donaldson's statement left Scotland's chief medical officer out on a limb and ministers furious.

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 insisted he would not lift the Scottish ban until a study into the risks is delivered in November.

The issue has driven a wedge between the two Parliaments and fuelled tension over devolution.

Tory constitutional affairs spokesman Sir George Young George Young may refer to:

In politics:
  • Sir George Young, 6th Baronet (born 1941), UK Conservative Party politician
  • George Kennedy Young (born 1911), British intelligence officer and right-wing politician
  • George M. Young, U.S.
 said: "If you are going to have devolution, you have to accept there will be differences between the parts of the UK."
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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Sep 22, 1999
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