Jenny Willott
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Jennifer Willott is the Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central.
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Abortion
In May 2008 in the abortion amendments to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (now Act), Jenny Willott voted to keep the current time limit of 24 weeks in line with the scientific and medical consensus[1].
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. [2]
MMR Vaccine
Jenny Willott 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.[3]
Homeopathy
Jenny Willott signed the March 2007 Early Day Motion 1240 calling for the positive recognition of NHS homeopathic hospitals[4].
In March 2010, following the publication of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee's report "Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy", Willott signed Early Day Motion 908: Science and Technology Committee Report on Homeopathy, which was critical of the report[5].
Charles Darwin
Jenny Willott 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."
Libel Law Reform
In February 2010, Jenny Willott 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.
Letter on Defamation Bill, April 2013: http://drtomcrick.com/2013/04/08/response-from-jenny-willott-mp-on-the-draft-defamation-bill/
Climate Change
In February 2010, Jenny Willott signed Early Day Motion 524: Recognising Climate Change which states that "this House agrees that climate change is happening and is man-made" and calls this statement a "fact, which has the support of the overwhelming majority of the scientific community"[7].
References
- ↑ http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmsctech/1045/104502.htm
- ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2007-08/1770
- ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2008-09/754
- ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2006-07/1240
- ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2009-10/908
- ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2009-10/423
- ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2009-10/524
External Links
- http://jennywillott.com/
- https://twitter.com/JennyWillott
- https://www.facebook.com/jennywillottmp
- http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/jenny-willott/1497
- http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/?pid=11480
- http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/1480
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Willott
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