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John Hemming MP & Robert
Simms MP, have tabled an Early Day Motion concerning the imprisonment of
Charles Taylor, ( the 71 year old pensioner from Poole in Dorset ) who has a
heart condition who was sentenced to 20 months imprisonment for staying in
contact with his grandchild who is in Care. The EDM asks that the Home
Secretary releases Charles Taylor immediately. The imprisonment of Charles
Taylor is particularly reprehensible, when it is also known, that the
government has made numerous announcements drawing attention to the lack of
prison spaces for serious convicted criminals.
The EDM will be published
tomorrow in the usual segment of the House of Commons website and will then be
given a number.
This EDM will allow the
press and media to identify Charles Taylor and to provide the background to a
story which the authorities have been keeping from the public. It will clearly
identify that Family Court secrecy has been used to conceal
information that the government, social workers and other public officials are
too
embarrassed to have the press report. It also clearly identifies the
gagging of the press and the clandestine restrictions on the freedom of
speech. |