Nick Herbert

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Nick Herbert is the Conservative MP for Arundel and South Downs. He entered Parliament following the 2005 general election.

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Abortion

In May 2008 in the abortion amendments to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (now Act), Nick Herbert voted for the abortion time limit to be lowered to 12 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, hence no abortion amendments were added to the bill.

The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee report of October 2007[2] had found no good evidence of change since the limit was set in 1990, and hence no new reason for a reduction. However, it acknowledged that this was only one of many factors to be taken into account when legislating, and did not make any recommendations as to how MPs should vote.

Same-sex Marriage

Report in the Telegraph from February 2010, suggesting he thought same-sex marriages should be allowed those churches that wished to allow it: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/7257710/Government-should-not-stand-in-way-of-homosexuals-marrying-in-church-say-Tories.html

Mr Herbert on Newsnight in March 2012 defending government plans to "push ahead" with same-sex marriage legislation: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/9706472.stm

Mr Herbert was one of a number of Conservative Party MPs to sign a December 2012 letter to the Telegraph in support of same-sex marriage. It also noted:

"We feel strongly that religious freedom must be protected. This means that religious groups should be allowed to conduct same sex marriages if they choose, but equally none should be compelled to do so."[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2008-05-20&number=199&mpn=Nick_Herbert
  2. ↑ http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmsctech/1045/104502.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/9730713/Statutory-regulation-of-the-press-will-end-up-as-state-control.html
  4. ↑ http://www.freedomtomarry.org.uk/content/marriage-should-available-all

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