占星術ソフトを公費で買ったTredinnick下院議員、ホメオパ支持動議に賛成中...

英国下院にはEarly Day Motion(早朝動議)というのがある。

Early day motions (EDMs) are formal motions submitted for debate in the House of Commons. However, very few EDMs are actually debated. Instead, they are used for reasons such as publicising the views of individual MPs, drawing attention to specific events or campaigns, and demonstrating the extent of parliamentary support for a particular cause or point of view.

早朝動議は議論のために下院に提案される動議である。しかし、本当に討論される動議はほとんどなく、個々の下院議員の見方を宣伝したり、特定のイベントやキャンペーンへの関心を喚起したり、特定の大義や見方を議会が支持していることを示したりするために使われる。

「なんか言ってみた」な動議だそうである。

そんな早朝動議の中でも、ホメオパシー支持動議を賛成しまくっているのが、保守党David Tredinnick下院議員である。

http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMByMember.aspx?MID=4327&SESSION=905">Tredinnick, David (Conservative Party) Constituency: Bosworth

EDM No. EDM Title                                              No.of  Date
387A2   HOMEOPATHY                                                1  06.07.2010
342     BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MOTIONS ON HOMEOPATHY        15  29.06.2010
287     HOMEOPATHY AND CHRONIC PRIMARY INSOMNIA                  15  21.06.2010
286     HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES IN THE TREATMENT 
                                OF MODERATE TO SEVERE DEPRESSION 15  21.06.2010
285     EFFECT OF HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES ON BREAST CANCER CELLS    18  21.06.2010
284     BMA ANNUAL REPRESENTATIVE MEETING MOTIONS ON HOMEOPATHY  25  21.06.2010

この保守党David Tredinnick下院議員は、月齢と事故との関係を信じていて、議会でも活動している:

[Complementary and Alternative Medicines]

David Tredinnick (Bosworth)
14 Oct 2009 : Column 414

In 2001 I raised in the House the influence of the moon, on the basis of the evidence then that at certain phases of the moon there are more accidents. Surgeons will not operate because blood clotting is not effective and the police have to put more people on the street

2001年に私は下院で、特定月例で事故が多くなるという証拠にともづいて、月の影響について取り上げた。特定月例では、血液凝固が効率的ではないので手術をすべきではない。また特定月例では、警察は多くの人員を配置すべきである。

で、保守党David Tredinnick下院議員の最新の賛成動議がこのホメオパシーについての科学技術委員会の報告拒動議である：

[Eraly Day Motion EDM 387A2 -- HOMEOPATHY06.07.2010]

Tredinnick, David

leave out from `House' to end and insert `rejects the findings of the Fourth Report of the Science and Technology Select Committee of Session 2009-10, Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy, HC45; regrets that the Committee took only oral evidence from a limited number of witnesses and did not call important witnesses in the homeopathic field who could have provided balance to the bias of the anti-homeopathy witnesses who were called to give evidence; expresses concern that the Report was produced with the endorsement of only three of the Committee Members; further regrets that the Report is being used by anti-homeopathy individuals and organisations as a reason for demanding the decommissioning of homeopathy services within the NHS, thereby restricting patient choice and having a negative effect on the health of thousands of patients who benefit from homeopathy each year; and calls on the Government to respond to this Report by rejecting its findings and maintaining its policy of allowing decision-making on individual clinical interventions, including homeopathy, to remain in the hands of local NHS service providers and practitioners who are best placed to know their community's needs

占星術ソフトを公費で買う下院議員なので、驚くには値しないけどね。