Charles Kennedy
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Charles Kennedy is the Liberal Democrat MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber. He was leader of the Liberal Democrat Party from August 1999 until March 2006.
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Libel Law Reform
In December 2009, Charles Kennedy signed Early Day Motion 423 calling for a reform of the English libel law[1]. 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.
The motion was tabled following the recent formation of Libel Reform Coalition, which has the backing of Index on Censorship, English PEN and Sense about Science. Sense about Science have been campaigning in defense of a member of its board of trustees, author and journalist Simon Singh, who has been sued for libel by the British Chiropractic Association. They issued a statement entitled "The law has no place in scientific disputes".
Science Funding
In October 2010, Charles Kennedy signed Early Day Motion 767: Science is Vital Campaign. The motion stated that the house "believes that continued investment in research is vital in order to meet the technological and social challenges of the 21st century, and to continue to attract high-tech industries to invest here; further believes that large cuts to science funding are a false economy, due to evidence that research investment fuels economic growth".[2]
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External Links
- http://www.charleskennedy.org.uk/
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Charles-Kennedy/361852263605
- http://twitter.com/charles_kennedy
- http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/?pid=10334
- http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/2011
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kennedy
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