Martin Salter
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Martin Salter was the Labour MP for Reading West until standing down in 2010.
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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. [1]
Abortion
In May 2008 in the abortion amendments to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (now Act), Martin Salter voted to keep the current time limit of 24 weeks in line with the scientific and medical consensus[2].
Libel Law Reform
In February 2010, Martin Salter signed Early Day Motion 423 calling for a reform of the English libel law[3]. 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.
External Links
- http://www.martinsalter.com/
- http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/msalter/
- http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/?pid=10526
- http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/1774
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Salter
