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Rebecca Smith MP

@SWDevonRebecca

Member of Parliament for SW Devon// Promoted by Emily Handley on behalf of Rebecca Smith. Both of SWDCA, 1 Blachford Rd, PL21 0AD.

Devon Katılım Haziran 2011
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Rebecca Smith MP
Rebecca Smith MP@SWDevonRebecca·
@Fimb Sure. View the Hansard contribution by Rebecca Smith (South West Devon) (Con) on Tuesday 17 June 2025 #contribution-A4C789E7-FA60-4CD6-949A-CBF2420D79A1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-0…
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Rebecca Smith MP
Rebecca Smith MP@SWDevonRebecca·
The day of the 46 minute long debate in this in the Commons was the worst day of my political career. This is abortion up to full term by the back door, with little debate and snuck in as an amendment to another bill. Certainly not the scrutiny it deserves.
Sharron Davies HoL MBE@sharrond62

Couldn’t sleep last night! I fear it’s a grave mistake allowing a woman to abort a full term healthy baby for any reason & to not reinstate face to face consultations for abortion pills only safe to use up to ten weeks. Telemedicine is too easily lied to & undoubtedly will be. It’s already estimated 1 in 17 home abortions end up in A&E. There will be many more. It’s abandoning safeguarding for ease & any civilised rights a viable, innocent baby has. We have one of the longest abortion periods at 24 weeks in Europe & support for clinical abortion to term if any medical risk to the mother. I hope any future government will repeal this extension. And that we don’t lose women taking pills not designed to be used after ten weeks or paramedics called to homes unsure what to do with a live miscarried baby whose mother chose to terminate it? It’s a sad day

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Rebecca Smith MP@SWDevonRebecca·
@Fimb You’re welcome to check out my speech from the House of Commons debate.
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Fimb 💙@Fimb·
@SWDevonRebecca My god. I wish people would actually read what they're talking about. I thought an MP would have more sense and brains than to believe someone as stupid as Sharron Davies, who shares any old clickbait she thinks will earn her money these days.
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Lord (David) Alton
Lord (David) Alton@DavidAltonHL·
Tragically for the baby in the womb, by 185 votes to 148 votes, @UKHouseofLords rejected @MoncktonR Baroness Monckton's, amendment to overturn the new extreme clause allowing self administered home abortions up to birth. Peers also rejected by 191 votes to 119 votes Baroness Stroud's amendment to reinstate in-person consultations with a medical professional, prior to an abortion taking place at home. So, a bad day for vulnerable women, a bad day for the unborn child, a bad day for medical ethics and a bad day for the sanctity of human life. Nevertheless, both in @UKParliament , and in public polling, people have been reassessing and rejecting laws that have led to the ending of one UK life every two minutes -300,000 every year. In 1967, when abortion was made legal, just 29 MPs voted pro life- so, opposition has grown. But, bad laws will only change when the public push the right to life up the political agenda.
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Peter Bedford MP
Peter Bedford MP@PeterABedford·
There are some good parts to the Pensions Schemes Bill, in fact most of it was introduced under the last @Conservatives Government, which is why we didn’t vote against its passage throughout the Commons. However, we did put forward an amendment to remove the ‘mandation’ provision that gives the state the power to dictate how your pensions are invested. Labour rejected our sensible amendment. Given their economic track record so far, it’s no wonder YouGov found that 72% of adults have little/no confidence in the Government to make the right decisions on how their pensions are invested.
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Tim Stanley
Tim Stanley@timothy_stanley·
Tories ask if Parliament rules need changing to ensure the PM actually answers a question. Speaker, at his best, replies: “there is a weakness in that [suggestion] in that it assumes the person knows the answer.”
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Rebecca Smith MP@SWDevonRebecca·
The lack of response and pathetic pivoting from the PM each week to solid, justified questions is getting really tedious now. What’s he got to hide?
Andrew Snowden MP 🇬🇧@A_J_Snowden

What is Starmer scared of? What is he hiding on Mandleson? I’m sick of listening to Starmer’s pre-scripted drivel masquerading as answers at #PMQs We know the answer to the question @KemiBadenoch asked him 6 times, he just doesn’t want to say it. So I called him out for it.

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Emma Wooller
Emma Wooller@WoollerEmma·
@SWDevonRebecca I don't like the tone of your constituent's question. Sick notes might not be clinically urgent but usually have to be provided within 7 days to prevent someone losing their job or benefits. However, most surgeries have a separate e-consult for fit notes & don't require an appt.
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Rebecca Smith MP@SWDevonRebecca·
The government is trumpeting the new GP contract. Patients and GPs alike are not convinced. I’m not sure the minister reassured them.
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Rebecca Smith MP@SWDevonRebecca·
‘Amendment to drop abortion law change makes sense’ thetimes.com/article/6012bc… Agreed. Whatever your views on abortion, 46 minutes to debate a landmark change such a decriminalisation is not how we should legislate. It’s bad for vulnerable women and it’s bad for the unborn child.
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Antonia Bance MP
Antonia Bance MP@antoniabance·
Wonderful news from the Scottish Parliament this evening. So many congratulations to colleagues campaigning against assisted dying who never gave up
Antonia Bance MP@antoniabance

Hoping with all my heart that colleagues in the Scottish Parliament vote down the assisted dying bill before then tonight. The bill is full of holes and will do no matter job of protecting vulnerable people from coercion than the Westminster bill.

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Tim Farron
Tim Farron@timfarron·
I’m grateful for all those MSPs who voted down the assisted dying bill. No legislation of this sort can ever safeguard the vulnerable, to protect against coercive control or self coercion. Autonomy for those with agency would always entail the worst for the many without it.
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Kemi Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch@KemiBadenoch·
Antisemitism is on the rise. The Al-Quds protests and terror marches are helping fuel it. We need a shared British identity. The Conservatives are going to fight for that. We will root out the separatism tearing Britain apart.
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