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	<title>Blogminster &#187; John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
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		<title>'David Lammy is right about discipline' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2012/01/29/david-lammy-is-right-about-discipline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been quite a bit of press reporting about David Lammy's comments about the operation of the care system acting to undermine discipline.Clearly this is not the only reason that the looting occurred, but I know of a number of cases where the care system has undermined parental discipline to the clear and obvious detriment to the children.  Hence I agree with him about the principle.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Australian Government Peak Oil Report' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2012/01/22/australian-government-peak-oil-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The link is to a copy of a report produced by the Australian Government in 2009 which was then as far as I can tell sat on and removed from the list of reports.The summary includes the following:The trends in discovery of oil can be used to project similar trends in the subsequentproduction of oil. Using a method developed here, forecasts of future oil/liquidsproduction for 40 countries/regions&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Australian Government Peak Oil Report' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The link is to a copy of a report produced by the Australian Government in 2009 which was then as far as I can tell sat on and removed from the list of reports.The summary includes the following:The trends in discovery of oil can be used to project similar trends in the subsequentproduction of oil. Using a method developed here, forecasts of future oil/liquidsproduction for 40 countries/regions&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Court of protection story in The Telegraph' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2012/01/21/court-of-protection-story-in-the-telegraph/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The link is to a story where a local council attempted to stop an elderly lady with dementia from going on a cruise.  In this instance the CoP found for the human beings.  My experience is that it normally finds for the state however bad the arguments for the state happen to be.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Court of Appeal &#8216;redefine&#8217; Liberty' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2012/01/10/court-of-appeal-redefine-liberty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Court of Appeal Judgement in Cheshire West and Chester v P appears to redefine the concept of deprivation of liberty to exclude disabled people, in effect depriving anyone locked up by social services on the basis of an *alleged* disability of safeguards and appeal rights.This judgment has been criticised in this excellent article by Sam Smith - along with many others including Community Care&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'(partially) Secret Committal Hearing in Northampton' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2012/01/09/partially-secret-committal-hearing-in-northampton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The link is to a story from Northampton where a mother was given a 28 days suspended sentence for putting information about her case on Facebook.RSC Schedule 1 Order 52 states:(2)If the court hearing an application in private by virtue of paragraph (1) decides to make an order of committal against the person sought to be committed, it shall in public state –(a)the name of that person;(b)in&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Failed Adoptions create more homeless youths (in the USA)' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2012/01/08/failed-adoptions-create-more-homeless-youths-in-the-usa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The link is to a story (29/12/2011) in the New York Times about failed adoptions leading to homelessness.The USA started the obsession with adoption as a "solution" to care.  They have about 50,000 "adoptions" from care each year.  They don't actually track the total adoptions figure as the most recent total figure is from 2001 and is around 127,000.There is a very important distinction between&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Times Story about Adoption Reversals' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2012/01/05/times-story-about-adoption-reversals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The link is to today's story in The Times about adoptions reversing as children get older.   There has already been some of this, but with the more aggressive approach to adoption there are many more wrongful adoptions.The story is behind a paywall.  I will extract a few quotesThe two leading adoption charities are deeply concerned about the big increase in online unplanned contact, which flouts&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Irish Supreme Court judgment on Hague Convention and adoption in England.' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2011/12/28/irish-supreme-court-judgment-on-hague-convention-and-adoption-in-england/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The link is to the judgment of the Irish Supreme Court on matters relating to the Hague Convention and adoption.A number of parents have won legal cases in Ireland which prevented their children being returned to England and placed in care on the basis that this would lead to adoption.This case was an interesting one because the children were not actually in care or even subject to a care order,&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Florence wins Radio Prize' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2011/12/24/florence-wins-radio-prize/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[See the link for the website dealing with Florence Bellone's winning of the reporting prize for reporting on the English Family Courts scandal.Quoting from the website:Title of the articleGreat Britain: The Stolen ChildrenName of mediaRTBFThe Grand Jury distinguished the report for its investigative merit in highlighting a human rights issue occurring in a highly-developed European Member State.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'St Edburgha&#8217;s Carol Service' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2011/12/22/st-edburghas-carol-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended St Edburgha'a carol service last Sunday.  Robert Jones has produced some good photographs of the event.  The music was good, but I don't think it is available on the net.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Vicky Haigh &#8211; imprisoned for 3 years for saying hello' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2011/12/18/vicky-haigh-imprisoned-for-3-years-for-saying-hello/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The link is to a story behind the paywall of the Sunday Times relating to Friday's jailing at around 4pm of Vicky Haigh for 3 years.On the way to the meeting in London (at which she asked a question of Anthony Douglas which was one of the reasons for which Doncaster MDC tried to have her imprisoned) she saw her daughter and went to say hello.At a time at which the press would not ordinarily be&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Films of Birmingham in the past' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2011/12/17/films-of-birmingham-in-the-past/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a youtube channel Idowish12 which includes a lot of films of Birmingham's past.For example:and&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'CTB and Imogen Thomas' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2011/12/16/ctb-and-imogen-thomas-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CTB v Imogen Thomas case raises a number of constitutional concerns about the accountability and reliability of secret justice.  On 20th May 2011 the Neuberger Committee reported on secret justice clarifying what should happen.  These procedures were not followed (in this case) on a number of occasions.  On 2nd November 2011 there was a hearing which was not even listed.  On 11th November&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Today&#8217;s Education Select Committee' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2011/12/13/todays-education-select-committee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This link will give a video of the evidence session at Today's Education Select Committee (Martin Narey and myself).&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Hollande commits to renegotiate new european treaty' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2011/12/13/hollande-commits-to-renegotiate-new-european-treaty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I noticed in Le Monde over breakfast this morning that the Socialist candidate for France's presidential elections has said he will renegotiate the treaty.I have found the story in the online version of the newspaper and that is the link.When I told the Minister for Europe of this I was informed that it was on Radio 4 this morning.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Updated express story' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2011/12/11/updated-express-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The express story has been updated to include more than was in the printed story.It now includes the following comments from the British Association of Social Workers:Nishra  Mansuri, of the British Association of Social Workers, recognised the  whistleblower’s comments and said: “It’s a major concern. The cuts are  creating so much pressure for social workers that the right decisions are not&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Foreign children and childrens services' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2011/12/11/foreign-children-and-childrens-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The link is to a story in Today's Sunday Telegraph about the many foreign children trapped in Childrens Services' kafkaesque world.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Whistleblower reveals truth about Childrens Service management' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2011/12/11/whistleblower-reveals-truth-about-childrens-service-management/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[The link is to a story in today's Sunday Express about how misleading reports and psychobabble are used to destroy families.This is an extract:The whistleblower, a father who works for a large authority in the south of England, said: “We’re being pressured to go against what we think is right for families.“Personally, I’ve written reports and been told ‘You are too positive with this family. We’&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Europe and the Media &#8211; Cameron&#8217;s Veto' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2011/12/09/europe-and-the-media-camerons-veto/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of journalists have phoned me to ask my view as to the use of the veto.  I think Cameron was right to use the veto on changes to the treaties.  It is entirely right that the 17 Eurozone countries resolve how to get greater fiscal unity which is essential for the success of the Euro and consequential success of the UK.   However, that does not mean that we have to sign up to that.  We&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Skiing Holidays and PMQs' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2011/12/01/skiing-holidays-and-pmqs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wondered if Hansard had corrected what I thought was Ed Milliband's error at PMQs when he said:the dinner lady, the cleaner or the nurse, people who earn in a week what the Chancellor pays for his annual skiing holidayIndeed they have stuck with what he said.   Perhaps it wasn't a mistake and he thinks that cleaners earn £11K per week.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'A difficult hand played well' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2011/11/29/a-difficult-hand-played-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Autumn Statement was today.  There are some innovative proposals in it (such as using QE for smaller businesses).  I was concerned that we continued to protect the poorest in society.  The cost of living has gone up substantially.  I was concerned to ensure that the full inflation increase of 5.2% occurred for the poorest who find it hardest to make ends meet.Life is getting harder for many&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Another radio programme in Belgium' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2011/11/26/another-radio-programme-in-belgium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is another radio programme which looks at the wrongful abduction of children in England done by the state.It is, however, mainly in French. (including one of my interviews talking about constitutional procedures). It does include a recording of an arrest with french translation.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Referendum campaign on issue of elected mayor' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2011/11/25/referendum-campaign-on-issue-of-elected-mayor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night's meeting on the issue of whether or not we have a directly elected mayor was an interesting experience.In the week beforehand I had expressed concern that there were too many speakers and it was unbalanced.  I thought that having equal numbers of speakers from each side of the argument was good practice.The initial proposal was 7 speakers in favour (plus the chair also being a&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>'Two E-petitions Jersey and the Family Justice Review' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title>
		<link>http://www.blogminster.com/2011/11/24/two-e-petitions-jersey-and-the-family-justice-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People campaigning for the release of Stuart Syvret were having a problem getting an e-petition tabled in support of my Early Day Motion.  I, therefore, tried to get a motion tabled.  It has taken about 2 weeks (and being raised at two select committees), but we now have the e-petition.That is here: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/22394There is also one in support of my EDM calling for&#8230;]]></description>
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