Sharon Hodgson
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Sharon Hodgson is the Labour MP for Washington and Sunderland West. Prior to boundary changes at the 2010 general election she was MP for Gateshead East and Washington West.
Sharon Hodgson is one of fifteen MPs appointed to the Ecclesiastical Committee,[1] which considers measures passed by the General Synod of the Church of England.
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Creationism
Hodgson signed Early Day Motion 2708 calling for schools to treat with caution creationist literature sent by the religious group 'Truth in Science'.[2]
Abortion
In May 2008 in the abortion amendments to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (now Act), Sharon Hodgson voted to keep the current time limit of 24 weeks in line with the scientific and medical consensus[3].
Science Funding
In October 2010, Sharon Hodgson 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".[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/ecclesiastical_committee/ecclesiastical_committee_members.cfm
- ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2005-06/2708
- ↑ http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmsctech/1045/104502.htm
- ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2010-12/767
External Links
- http://www.sharonhodgson.org/
- http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/sharon-hodgson/35910
- http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/?pid=11592
- http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/1592
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Hodgson
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