UK Members (Please read) : Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

[MrMouse]

The following information is not directly related to drugs but the implications are huge for your privacy, civil liberties and our democracy.

In brief the "Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill" will allow Ministers (MP's) to Amend, Repeal or Revoke primary and secondary legislation (laws) on a whim and arbitrarily (Excluding taxation and the creation of new offences with a jail term of more than 2 years).

This means they could introduce/amend/change a law without due diligence or debate.

Please read this article by the Times ...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...049791,00.html

Carrying ID cards could be made compulsory, smoking in one’s own home could be outlawed and the definition of terrorism altered to make ordinary political protest punishable by life imprisonment.

It takes only 5 minutes to write to your MP via e-mail.
http://www.writetothem.com/

Also see ...
http://www.saveparliament.org.uk/
http://www.saveparliament.org.uk/action.php

I wrote to my MP and received a reply the next day.

An example e-mail ...

I feel the the need to write to you Sir after reading of the "Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill".

Ministers do not have the right to amend, replace or revoke existing laws without due diligence and debate which is clearly the intention of this bill.

I expect a reply outlining your feeling on this issue at your earliest convenience.

I hope everyone can see clearly how this could impact your past-times and hobbies.

Thanks for reading

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Useful and informative post - thanks.