As promised in this section I will publish my views on those subjects where political parties normally allow Members of Parliament to decide how they will vote. These are matters where there are no fixed Party positions and each Member of Parliament is free to vote how they wish. In Parliament these are called “Free Votes”.
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Abortion
I believe we should retain the present position of allowing abortions to take place in certain circumstances . Because of advances in medical science I believe there is a strong case to reduce the time limit during which an abortion may be carried out. I would vote to reduce the maximum time limit from the current 24 weeks to 20 weeks.
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Capital Punishment
I would vote to restore capital punishment for murder. I have of course heard and carefully considered all the arguments against capital punishment and I think that most of the objections can be overcome by allowing a jury to determine whether capital punishment would be appropriate in a particular case.
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Euthansia
I do not think there should be a law allowing Euthansia. I appreciate that it is legal in some other countries but I think that at present the law should remain as it is. The one area where I think there may need to be changes to the law is where a person may not be able to end their own life because of physical incapacity but if they were not incapacitated they would do so. I would not agree with their action but I can see that there are strong arguments for allowing someone the right to choose. This is an extremely complex subject and I would not readily vote for any changes in the existing law.
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Hunting
I would vote to repeal the ban on hunting.
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Organ Donation
I believe that we should retain the present system of opting -in to be organ donor.
If you have a specific free vote issue which you would like me to publish my view on please feel free to post a comment.
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