Monthly Archives: April 2011

Middle East and North Africa | Oral Answers to Questions – Health | Commons debates

The Foreign Secretary carefully draws the distinction that equipment supplied by Britain to the Libyan transitional national council is of a non-lethal nature, but in an era of improvised…

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Topical Questions | Oral Answers to Questions – Health | Commons debates

Professional autonomy need not come at the expense of transparency in the provision of public services. Given that the Department for Education was able to extend the Freedom of Information Act…

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Topical Questions | Oral Answers to Questions – Health | Commons debates

Professional autonomy need not come at the expense of transparency in the provision of public services. Given that the Department for Education was able to extend the Freedom of Information Act…

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Duncan Hames joins Lord Ashdown to say Yes! to Fairer Votes

Duncan Hames MP joined Lord Paddy Ashdown for the Chippenham leg of his marathon Yes! to Fairer Votes campaign tour of the South West on Tuesday 19th April.
Duncan and Lord Ashdown helped Yes! campaign supporters with their purple balloon launch …

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Credit Regulation And Child Pornography

Duncan Hames has signed EDM529. Motion reads: “That this House calls upon the Government to bring forward legislative proposals to impose penalties upon credit card and debit card providers for the facilitation of the downloading of child pornography f…

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Radio Caroline

Duncan Hames has signed EDM1163. Motion reads: “That this House expresses its disappointment that, having pioneered commercial radio in the UK and for the past decade being a fully licensed broadcaster, Radio Caroline, a cornerstone of British radio hi…

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Women Bishops

Duncan Hames has signed EDM1364. Motion reads: “That this House welcomes the current moves by the General Synod of the Church of England to pass legislation permitting women to be bishops; notes that the Synod is currently engaged in consulting the Dio…

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Access To Telecommunications For Deaf People

Duncan Hames has signed EDM1438. Motion reads: “That this House is concerned that over 50,000 deaf people, whose first language is British Sign Language (BSL), do not have equal access to telecommunications in the UK; recognises new economic research w…

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Arrests In Tibet

Duncan Hames has signed EDM1434. Motion reads: “That this House notes the deepening crackdown inside Tibet that is curtailing basic freedoms of expression through arbitrary arrest and torture of Tibetans, both intellectuals and ordinary citizens, who h…

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Libel Reform

Duncan Hames has signed EDM1636. Motion reads: “That this House welcomes the publication of the draft Defamation Bill as an essential step towards the necessary and urgent reform of the UK’s outdated and unbalanced libel laws; notes that libel reform i…

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