Peter Bottomley
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 79 |
Date of birth | July 30,1944 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Newport |
United Kingdom | |
Spouse | Virginia Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone |
Parents | James Bottomley |
Barbara Vardon | |
Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Party | Conservative Party |
Job | Politician |
Economist | |
Education | Trinity College |
Westminster School | |
Official site | parliament.uk |
Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 1997 | |
Movies/Shows | Death Row Stories |
Previous position | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1989–1990) |
Grandparents | Sir William Cecil Bottomley |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 451909 |
Peter Bottomley Life story
Sir Peter James Bottomley is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as a Member of Parliament since 1975 when elected for Woolwich West, serving until it was abolished before the 1983 general election. He has represented the Worthing West constituency since its establishment in 1997.
Ex-minister Maria Miller calls for abortion sentencing guidelines
... Ms Creasy did not take the issue to a vote, meaning the bill passed its first stage with cross-party support, including from the Commons longest serving male and female MPs - known as the Mother and Father of the House - Labour s Harriet Harman and Tory Sir Peter Bottomley...
Stephen Lawrence: Anger at police failings after BBC names sixth suspect
... Tory MP Sir Peter Bottomley, who represented Eltham at the time of the murder, told Radio 4 s the World At One the BBC investigation showed the crime " would have been solved within hours" if the police had given proper attention to the eyewitness evidence from Duwayne Brooks, Stephen s friend who was with him at the time of the attack...
Leasehold system won't be abolished this year
... Conservative MPs Sir Peter Bottomley and Bob Blackman are among those who want the leasehold system to be scrapped...
'Massive toll' of living in a leasehold property
... Senior Conservative MP Sir Peter Bottomley, who chairs the all-party parliamentary group on leasehold, says reform is long overdue...
Tory MPs urge PM to change law to ease migrant crisis
... " MPs, including former Cabinet ministers Dr Liam Fox and Esther McVey, and longest-serving MP Sir Peter Bottomley, are among the 50-strong body of Conservative politicians calling for the change...
How seaside town newcomers sapped Tory strength
... The UK s longest-serving MP, Sir Peter Bottomley has seen off challengers before and is bullish about his chances of doing so again...
Senior MPs take oath of allegiance to King Charles
... Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle opened proceedings by taking the oath, followed by Sir Peter Bottomley, the longest-serving MP...
British bride's 1930s wedding dress saved from Australian rubbish skip
... Peter Bottomley, who curated the wedding dress exhibition in Castlemaine, Victoria, said: " This lady preserved it for all those years...
Ex-minister Maria Miller calls for abortion sentencing guidelines
By Jennifer McKiernanPolitical reporter
A former Conservative minister has called for new sentencing guidelines to prevent women being jailed for taking abortion pills after the legal Time Limit .
It Comes after last month under a 162-year-old law.
Dame Maria Miller called for " compassion not punishment".
Downing Street has previously said there are no plans to change abortion laws or sentencing guidelines.
The case of 45-year-old Carla Foster sparked outrage from some MPs when she was sent to jail for two years, having been found guilty of inducing an abortion after the legal limit during lockdown under the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act.
Her sentence has now been and she will also be released from prison.
Dame Maria, a former equalities minister, presented her bill to Parliament using a 10-minute rule motion, which allows backbench MPs 10 Minutes to outline their proposals.
She told MPs that judges are reliant on Victorian legislation without modern sentencing guidance.
Providing " compassionate" guidance would mean Ms Foster's " heart-breaking situation could have been avoided altogether" She Said , and she " would not have had to endure weeks of prison away from her children".
The MP for Basingstoke said The Reason The Law was originally introduced was to try and prevent women dying during backstreet abortions.
" We now live in a time where abortion is far less dangerous than giving birth So There 's been a complete change, " She Said .
" The Fair and equal treatment of women matters and abortion is the only Medical Procedure in the UK subject to The Criminal law.
" Women who find themselves having an abortion outside of The Law for whatever reason deserve our compassion, not punishment. "
Dame Maria said she wanted to see far more wide-reaching reform, " taking women seeking abortion away from the sanctions of criminal law" but that this bill would be " a small step in The Right direction".
She added the government would not bring forward its own legislation as the issue of abortion is a matter of conscience and should " come from the backbenches" to avoid Party Politics .
However, Labour MP for Walthamstow Stella Creasy , said the 1861 Act should be scrapped altogether.
She told MPs The Bill " could actually end up make things worse" by normalising the criminalisation of women over abortion.
Ms Creasy said no " sensible, modern law" could be based on the 1861 Act, which She Said also criminalises " obstructing a clergyman" and highlighted concerns around women being investigated for " a healthcare decision".
There had been 67 prosecutions in the UK under the 1861 Act in The Last 10 Years , Ms Creasy said, and Home Office data showed 40 women were investigated in 2021.
Ms Creasy did not take the issue to a vote, meaning The Bill passed its first stage with cross-party support, including from The Commons ' longest serving male and female MPs - known as the Mother and Father of The House - Labour's Harriet Harman and Tory Sir Peter Bottomley .
However, The Bill is unlikely to make further progress in its current form without government support.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com