tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560636882691523439.post222511888060128212..comments2024-03-21T20:29:29.030+13:00Comments on Life Behind the <u>IR</u>on <u>D</u>rape: Euthanasia Redux - For Mott's Sake, Support Maryan Street's BillMark Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560636882691523439.post-65460629442660455502012-09-18T16:36:27.724+12:002012-09-18T16:36:27.724+12:00Thanks Maryan. As I said on Twitter I'm willfu...Thanks Maryan. As I said on Twitter I'm willfully ignorant on process.<br /><br />It angers me so much that a basic right such as we are dealing with here, and as I've blogged on, is down to a process that is so out of my control, and essentially turns morality into a raffle. A civilised society would not work like this.<br /><br />All the best with it, and as farcical as it is, I guess I keep my fingers crossed your Bill comes up.Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560636882691523439.post-42176639590868867342012-09-18T16:31:18.742+12:002012-09-18T16:31:18.742+12:00Good blog Mark. Further to our Twitter conversatio...Good blog Mark. Further to our Twitter conversation, issues like this are always conscience votes. That means that MPs are free to vote according to their conscience and there is no party position on it. That's why the government would not take this up as a government measure, so asking a National MP to 'sponsor' the bill will make no difference. It doesn't matter if it's a Nat or a Labour MP or one of any other hue. Sometimes members' bills are taken up by government and then they take precedence on the Order Paper because government controls the Order Paper. But that won't happen with this bill so it falls to the ballot box as the remaining device to introduce such a measure. The only other one is for the House to give leave for me to introduce my bill and it only takes one MP to say no, for that not to happen.Maryan Streethttp://www.labour.org.nznoreply@blogger.com