An MP has spoken of his anger at faulty replacement hips which have left him in agony and needing two operations.
Andrew Robathan says he intends to sue De Puy, the US makers of the metal joints, which were the subject of a worldwide product recall in 2010.
The Tory MP and defence minister has developed a non-cancerous tumour at the top of his leg, which his GP believes is linked to the metal hips.
De Puy have offered to pay for new hips for all those affected by the product.
About 10,000 people in the UK had the ASR hips fitted before the company recalled them in 2010, after tests raised concerns about potentially toxic metal filings getting into the bloodstream.
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