John Hemming (Lib Dem)

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John, who is MP for Birmingham Yardley, told Blogminster:   "It is important for MPs to communicate both ways with citizens. Electronic systems make this easier."

Articles written by John Hemming (Lib Dem)

Govenment Complacency about Child Trafficking

Govenment Complacency about Child Trafficking

By • on March 23, 2012

The link is to a story about child trafficking in Oxfordshire. Extracting from the start of the article:Police swoop on paedophile gang accused...

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Early Day Motions and Language

Early Day Motions and Language

By • on March 22, 2012

Early Day Motions are like petitions that only MPs can sign. Some MPs refuse to sign them, Ministers are not allowed to.At this link you can...

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Litigation Friends

Litigation Friends

By • on March 22, 2012

The link is to the debate on litigation friends yesterday. I will copy the whole of the debate here:John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley) (LD):...

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Twitter Spamming starts again on NHS Bill

Twitter Spamming starts again on NHS Bill

By • on March 19, 2012

What I find difficult to understand is how anyone thinks it helps tweeting standard tweets at MPs that are not your own MP.All it does is to...

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Owen Holland

Owen Holland

By • on March 17, 2012

The link is to what seems a rather extreme response to someone reading a poem. It fits with the banner threshold in Birmingham....

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Psychiatrist in family courts story in Daily Mail

Psychiatrist in family courts story in Daily Mail

By • on March 17, 2012

What people don't fully recognise is how hard it is to take people to the GMC in relation to Family Court proceedings. Congratulations are due...

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Psychological expert opinion is unreliable in at least 65% of cases in three courts

Psychological expert opinion is unreliable in at least 65% of cases in three courts

By • on March 15, 2012

The link is to the detailed study on the University of Central Lancashire website.It is important research because it looks at the details of...

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Jane Ireland’s Article in the Daily Mail

Those interested in family court issues should read this article....

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Labour Manifesto – any Qualified Provider

One of the things Labour are criticising is the idea of patients being able to have treatment from organisations which are not directly part of the NHS. It is worth...

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Channel 4 report on unreliable expert witnesses

The link is to the Channel 4 Story last night about the unreliability of the experts in the family courts - which leads to the unreliability of the decisions as...

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Unqualified Experts used for adoption scandal

The link is to a story in the Daily Mail which relates to a news story on Channel 4 tonight. It confirms what I have been saying for some time which is that care...

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Afghanistan debate

The following is my question at the "Urgent Question" relating to Afghanistan yesterday:John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley) (LD): The Minister will be aware that...

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Campaign Spam time again.

There is another spamming campaign going on whereby an organisation is spamming Lib Dem MPs from all sorts of addresses. This means hundreds and thousands of emails...

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Berlin Speech ICD Freedom of Expression Conference

This is my speech at the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy's Freedom of Expression Conference:There were a number of interesting other speeches and when I get the...

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St Patricks Day Parade 2012 Birmingham

Sadly I am unable to attend the parade this year. I am at the Lib Dem Conference in Gateshead and won't leave until about 10am. Hence I won't arrive in Birmingham...

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