Posted 20th September 2004
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Posted 20th September 2004 |
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Lord
Lucas Discusses The Civil
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Simon
Aronowitz Lord Lucas stated in the interview that there would be insufficient time to achieve a 2/3 majority vote in the House of Commons, hence his willingness to accept a 50% vote to carry a state of emergency. However, it should be noted that if half of the MPs can be gathered together to affirm a state of emergency, then little extra effort is required to get 2/3 of MPs together. This measure would reduce the chances of the party in power with a large majority (like New Labour at the moment) pushing through a state of emergency. For a government that had no qualms about defying public opinion and evidence with its march to war in Iraq, we must all ask ourselves if we can trust Parliament with the Civil Contingencies Bill. The power it already possesses has been abused with the recent military excursions - how can we expect them NOT to abuse any new powers? Proposed amendments: (1) Justifications for declaring an Emergency. Only an actual disaster should be grounds for declaring an Emergency. And “disaster” means a real disaster, and one that occurs within the UK.
What You Can Do
Read up on the Civil Contingencies Bill. Forward the link for this video interview to everyone you know as well as MPs, Peers, journalists and anyone else you can think of. A more detailed explanation of the strategy can be found here Sunday Telegraph coverage of the Civil Contingencies Bill (not flattering for the government) can be found here. Scroll down to `Ministers to get dictators' powers'. Michael Nield's article `Loophole Allows Emergency Regulations to be used to Protect the Government rather than the Public' identifies the parts of the legislation which provide the opportunity for abuse of power.
You can quickly send an email to potentially sympathetic Peers and other public figures. Simply copy the some or all of the list of email addresses below into the "To" box of your email programme, write your email and send. That's it. Be sure to voice your deep concerns over the Civil Contingencies Bill and mention the proposed amendments. Make some noise!
Email address list: [Note: Your email software may take some time sending the email if the whole address list is used} addingtonD@parliament.uk;victor.a@virgin.net;ahmedN@parliament.uk;
alderdiceJ@parliament.uk;anelayJ@parliament.uk;armstrong@parliament.uk;
ashleyJ@parliament.uk; attleeJ@parliament.uk; ericavebury@hotmail.com;
bakerK@parliament.uk; lord.bell@bell-pottinger.co.uk; tony@rfg.org.uk;
richard.best@jrf.org.uk; abhatia@casley.co.uk; cblack@hollingermail.com;
tessa.blackstone@culture.gsi.gov.uk; blackwellN@parliament.uk; blatchE@parliament.uk;
chairmans.office@diageo.com; bownessP@parliament.uk; brabazoni@parliament.uk;
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chanM@parliament.uk; tom@northbridgefunds.com;bpchester@chester.anglican.org;
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rentonT@parliament.uk; richardsonK@parliament.uk; robertsW@parliament.uk;
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williamsCC@parliament.uk; willoughbyL@parliament.uk; master@pet.cam.ac.uk;
michael.scott-joynt@dial.pipex.com; woolmerK@parliament.uk; bishop.peter@cofe-worcester.org.uk;
youngB@parliament.uk; office@bishopthorpepalace.co.uk;
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