Order, order

Who says parliament never takes an interest in optics? This debate in the House of Lord this week shows that the ermine clad lawmakers are fully aware of the costs to the economy of sight loss and the mechanisms by which that sight loss could be prevented.

A wide range of conditions are discussed along with the specific cost to the economy of sight loss. It might be more comforting to think parliamentarians ignorant of the facts surround eye disease and sight loss given their failure to do anything about it.