Friday, 29 February 2008

Turner: Petition Captured

Normally when petitions are presented to Parliament, invitations are sent to MPs sympathetic to the cause regardless of party affiliation, to be present when it is received. This did not happen today.

"As one of the small handful of MPs that opposed the amendment of section 59 I feel sidelined by the petitioners today, said Mrs Turner.

"I can only assume that this petition is now seen as the property of Gordon Copeland and his new party. I doubt whether many of the signatories envisaged that their concern when signing the petition would be captured by a party with no current mandate to be in Parliament and used for promotional and electioneering purposes. I certainly didn't!

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