A number of things have kicked off this
week. The GMC hearings into Southall have started with an
attempt to gag the parents. I challenged the GMC as to why they were
keeping the parents anonymous and they claimed court orders. They,
however, could only find three orders. In any event this did not bind
anyone else so I published the names on my web log. (and spoke about this in the
House of Commons yesterday)
I also referred the GMC's lack of action on the
research to the Council for Health Care Regulatory Excellence.
Justice for Families
I am pleased that Bill Bache, the legal advisor to
Sally Clarke and Marianne Williams (amongst others) has agreed to be the legal
advisor to Justice for Families. There will be planning for the "No more
witchhunts" meeting over the next week or so.
The following campaigns are now
affiliated.
Speech as part of Queens Speech
Debate
I spoke yesterday during the Queens Speech debate
covering the surface of a number of issues. I am hoping to get this
uploaded to youtube. You can see it from the parliamentary website, but
you get it in the middle of other speeches.
Medical Ethics Debate Kicks off on
BMJ
There has been some debate on the issue of medical
ethics and the family courts on the BMJ website. It is good news that the
contrary views are being debated in public as this is necessary to achieve
change.
New EDMs started
I have tabled the EDMs from the previous
session. Once they have all gone down I will issue the numbers.
There is a limit of 2 per sitting day. I have added a new one about forced
adoptions as well (see speech for details).
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