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BBC NEWS · HEALTH · October 25, 2026

The debating club that helped shape NHS architect Aneurin Bevan's drive for power

THE SHORT VERSION

A group of men met in a café in 'tredegar', a small working class town. They debated how could they change that. The Query Club was a semi-secret society which began examining socialist ideas.

The Query Club became secretary of t he's Tredegar Medical Aid Society in 1915. A small meeting room at the back of the building is dedicated to the club. In 1922, the 16 members comprised 10 from labour, with five of them from the town.

The Query Club helped create bevan the orator. He was elected to the county council in Newport in 1929. But he realised this wasn't enough, saying 'power is still 'eluding us', he says.

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