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So they opposed the very thing they tried to create? Can't have labour taking the credit I guess!
To be fair, a different party can change how the legislation is going to function which the other party could object to.
Most extreme example being that the NHS was originally proposed by a Conservative health minister under Churchill, but was implemented with some changes by the Labour government. The Conservatives voted against it because they agree with the amendments to the original bill.
I thought it was proposes by the Liberals, not the Tories.
The idea was part of the Beveridge Report, but the white paper for a national health service was written by Henry Willink, the Conservative health minister.
The reason that the Conservatives opposed the Bevan amendments was because it nationalised voluntary hospitals.