Adrian Sanders

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Adrian Sanders is the Liberal Democrat MP for Torbay.

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Creationism

Sanders signed the October 2006 Early Day Motion 2708 calling for schools to treat with caution creationist literature sent by the religious group 'Truth in Science'[1].

Homeopathy

Sanders signed the March 2007 Early Day Motion 1240 calling for the positive recognition of NHS homeopathic hospitals[2].

Vaccinations

In November 2009, Adrian Sanders seconded Early Day Motion 2221: Uptake rates for seasonal influenza vaccinations which called for the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to review the case for reducing the age for influenza vaccination to 50 years and above in order to increase the overall uptake rates and to meet the World Health Organisation target for population coverage.[3]

MMR Vaccine

Adrian Sanders 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.[4]

Animals in Medical Research

In 2006, Adrian Sanders signed Early Day Motion 1850: Animals in Medical Research which noted that "animal research is only permitted where there is no better alternative and that pain and suffering are minimised and balanced against the potential benefit to humans and animals", supported "the building of the new state of the art biomedical research laboratory at Oxford University", condemned "unlawful animal rights extremism, including any violence, harassment or intimidation of those associated with lawful animal research", and supported "the well-regulated use of animals in medical research".[5]

Libel Law Reform

In December 2009, Adrian Sanders signed Early Day Motion 423 calling for a reform of the English libel law[6]. 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".

Charles Darwin

Adrian Sanders was one of 79 MPs who signed Early Day Motion 377 noting the achievements of Charles Darwin, and calling for Darwin's birthday to be designated a public holiday to honour "one of the fathers of modern science and one of Britain's greatest, if not the greatest, scientific minds."

Science Funding

In October 2010, Adrian Sanders 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".[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2005-06/2708
  2. ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2006-07/1240
  3. ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2008-09/2221
  4. ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2008-09/754
  5. ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2005-06/1850
  6. ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2009-10/423
  7. ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2010-12/767

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