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  • Don Barnard: LIVING IN A TIME WARP. 40 years ago 25 March 1970 we were in much the same circumstances as today coming up to an election parliament was tidying up its legislation bill. Here is what the... ( 4 April 2010)
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  • C Whitehouse: Absolutely! :-) (18 June 2009)
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  • david skinner: Evan Harris you make out that children are captive to being indoctrinated with Christianity, when in fact Hegelian Marxism is dropping on our kids,like black atomic dust every minute of the day .... ( 5 June 2009)
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  • Brian Edmonds: The Labour Government has continued to pay men five years less state pension than women, nine years when life span is considered because it would cost too much to end this discrimination. The... ( 2 April 2009)
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  • Kaihsu Tai: Another question: Why was the substantive debate on the Bill listed under Prayers in the Hansard? ( 1 April 2009)
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  • Kaihsu Tai: I thought it was some obscure parliamentary manoeuvre like this, but thought I had better ask to be sure. Thanks, Abi! ( 1 April 2009)
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  • Abi Broom: He almost certainly doesn't; a motion to sit in private can only be called once per day, so by moving it now he can prevent anyone else from disrupting his debate by doing it later on. See... (31 March 2009)
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  • Kaihsu Tai: Why does Dr Harris feel it necessary for the House to sit in private to debate the Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill? (31 March 2009)
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  • Edward Betts: See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_suc cession_to_the_British_throne (31 March 2009)
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  • Kaihsu Tai: I do not agree with what Dr Harris is implying here, that the practising person should not have the freedom to ask the question. I think the practising person has a freedom to ask a very brief... (19 March 2009)
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  • Amien Johaadien: Hear Hear. Anyone defending the independence of government advisers should be congratulated. It takes courage to resist the populist, anti-science political headwinds. (10 February 2009)
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  • barbara richards: (iii) unlawful detention This happened to me at Staffordshire County Court on Tuesday 29th November 2005 when two family court lawyers tried for two hours to force me to sign legal documents... ( 9 February 2009)
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  • Pierre Marshall: Hmmm, I remember those floods, they were pretty bad. I agree that something must be done sooner because the Thames will flood again and we need to be prepared. (30 December 2008)
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  • Caroline McHale: I think it is wrong not to give a woman the information for fear it is distressing to them or that they don't want to hear it! Abortion is distressing - fact! Perhaps if people faced up to the... (21 May 2008)
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  • Neil Richardson: Why confuse them with the facts? They might realise what they are actually doing. (21 May 2008)
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  • Kit Bathgate: Oh, so because Jesus didn't specifically repudiate the other commandments, they still hold – even though he added in a command from a different book, thereby suggesting all the more strongly... (22 January 2008)
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  • Simon white: Hello Kit,happy New year.You bring up some interesting points but I am concernerned about the word selective.Jesus did set aside OT cruelties with the Forgiveness of sins,surely that is the whole... (18 January 2008)
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  • Kit Bathgate: It requires a selective reading of the NT to claim that Jesus set aside the OT's cruelties but endorsed the Ten Commandments. In particular, Matthew 19:17 supports your argument only if ripped... (14 January 2008)
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  • Simon white: I only mention the uk floods yesterday & I see they have started again today? I do appreciate Kit's comments,The Old Testament had some approx 300 laws at the time of Jesus.What I am talking... (11 January 2008)
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  • Kit Bathgate: Oh, right. So which natural disasters can we attribute to the following? We don't stone rape victims for failing to scream (Deut 22:23-24) or wives for not being able to prove that they were... (11 January 2008)
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  • Kaihsu Tai: Perhaps Dr Harris is referring to the recent event at the Oxford Union? The local Greens have criticized Dr Harris thus: "The Greens have criticised the LibDems, and in particular MP Evan Harris,... (11 January 2008)
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  • Simon white: Blasphemy goes back thousands of years,It was God who instigated it in the 10 commandments in deuteronomy Ch 5 V 11 Thou shalt not take the name of thy Lord God in vain:for the Lord will not hold... (10 January 2008)
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  • Graham Marsden: It is good that Mr Harris points out the flaws in the Extreme Pornography legislation, however if he looks at he will find that the Government attempts to justify the introduction of these... (15 October 2007)
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  • Les Dundon: There are a couple of technical errors in Evan Harris’ speech. The “current rules” are that a doctor must consider whether the patient understands the advice/treatment given and its... ( 5 April 2007)
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  • Neil Richardson: When he says 'child protection' does he mean that children should be protected by Parliament from the interference (i.e. guidance) of their parents? When he says 'patient confidentiality' doesn't... (21 March 2007)
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