Andrew Stunell

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Andrew Stunell is the Liberal Democrat MP for Hazel Grove.

Contents 1 Abortion 2 Miracle Cures 3 Herbal Medicines 4 MMR Vaccine 5 Libel Law Reform 6 References 7 External Links

Abortion

In May 2008 in the abortion amendments to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (now Act), Andrew Stunell voted for the abortion time limit to be lowered to 20 weeks against scientific and medical consensus which is currently 24 weeks^[1]. After four separate parliamentary votes on varying time limits, the majority of MPs voted to keep the abortion time limit at 24 weeks, in keeping with scientific and medical consensus, hence no abortion amendments were added to the bill.

Miracle Cures

In June 2008, the MP signed Early Day Motion 1770, protesting the uncritical promotion by the media of Dore, a claimed miracle cure for dyslexia, in the absence of scientific proof of its value. ^[2]

Herbal Medicines

Andrew Stunell has signed a number of Early Day Motions that support the use of herbal medicines. These include EDM 1103: Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive (2005)^[3], EDM 2080: Herbal Remedies (2008)^[4], and EDM 295: Statutory Registration of Herbalists (2009)^[5].

MMR Vaccine

Andrew Stunell signed the February 2009 Early Day Motion 754: MMR Vaccine and the Media supporting the use of the MMR vaccine. The motion expressed disappointment with the reporting of the vaccine by Jeni Barnett on her LBC radio show in January 2009, and expressed the hope that future reporting of the issue of MMR would be less sensationalist and more evidence-based.^[6]

Libel Law Reform

In January 2010, Andrew Stunell signed Early Day Motion 423 calling for a reform of the English libel law^[7]. The motion noted that human rights activists, scientists, writers and journalists are currently prevented from publishing, and the public prevented from reading, matters of strong public interest due to the chilling effect of the law.

References

1. ↑ http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmsctech/1045/104502.htm
2. ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2007-08/1770
3. ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2005-06/1103
4. ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2007-08/2080
5. ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2009-10/295
6. ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2008-09/754
7. ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2009-10/423

External Links

• http://www.andrewstunell.org.uk/
• http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/?pid=10578
• http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/1625
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Stunell

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