“Mr. Speaker, I thought my colleague’s speech was very interesting, especially the first part, when he talked about drifting away from democracy. It resonated with me, because I was elected last year and I have noticed that, month after month, the government keeps introducing legislation to bypass lots of other legislation, saying that, from now on, as much power as possible is going to be placed under certain ministers’ discretion. What risk does my colleague see in all that?”
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Claims 61%Procedure 4%Reasoning 31%Positioning 3%
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 19 wordsthat is not much time to assess this risk.The risk is that anyone can make decisions about anything.Procedure · 5 wordsLet me draw a parallel.ProcedureClaims · 57 wordsDuring COVID‑19, members of the Conservative Party wanted us to vote on motions that would lift the health measures in place for air travel.1We agreed, but we had the wisdom to concede that we were not microbiologists or epidemiologists.We therefore asked to include wording to the effect of “with the consent of public health authorities”.2Reasoning · 39 wordsThe danger is that uninformed people will make decisions—under pressure from lobby groups or economic pressures—to approve products, including crop protection products that will be used on our land.Later, our children and grandchildren end up paying the price.Positioning · 4 wordsIt is terrifyingly serious.Positioning
