Michael Meacher

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Michael Meacher is the Labour MP for Oldham West & Royton.

Contents 1 Abortion 2 Planet Organic 3 Libel Law Reform 4 References 5 External Links

Abortion

In May 2008 in the abortion amendments to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (now Act), Michael Meacher voted to keep the current time limit of 24 weeks in line with the scientific and medical consensus^[1].

Planet Organic

Meacher has registrable shareholdings in Planet Organic^[2], an organic food supermarket which also sells detox products^[3], and whose website contains health advice based on organic and natural products^[4].

Libel Law Reform

In March 2010, Michael Meacher signed Early Day Motion 423 calling for a reform of the English libel law^[5]. 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.theyworkforyou.com/mp/michael_meacher/oldham_west_and_royton#register
3. ↑ http://www.planetorganic.com/detox.html/
4. ↑ http://www.planetorganic.com/blog/?page_id=13
5. ↑ http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=39987

External Links

• http://www.epolitix.com/webminster/michael-meacher
• http://www.michaelmeacher.info/
• http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/?pid=10427
• http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/1753
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Meacher

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