Not exact matches
«That this House is deeply concerned by the
ban on all prisoners receiving books as gifts under the Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme which will have a detrimental effect on prisoner rehabilitation; notes that the
ban has been opposed by eminent writers including Mark Haddon, Philip Pullman and Carol Ann Duffy; further notes that to deny prisoners the books they need in order to improve their skills and
support their learning is both unreasonable and counter-productive given that reading goes
hand - in -
hand with education, rehabilitation and humanity; and urges the government to reverse the
ban as soon as possible by exempting books from the Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme.»
Doran said she is in favor of measures that keep guns out of the
hands of criminals and the mentally ill, while respecting the rights of law - abiding gun owners and that's why she
supports a
ban on military - grade assault - style weapons, strengthening background checks, as well as legislation to stop convicted domestic abusers from having access to guns.
He would not say if he would
support a
ban on assault weapons but reiterated that he wants all weapons kept out of the
hands of people who should not have them.
In his article, Lawson wrote: «If there is to be a
ban on non-scientists discussing climate change issues (which I do not, of course,
support), this should in the best BBC tradition be an even -
handed one.
While there were rare voices in
support for a more
hands - off approach, the general attitude was critical, which may increase pressure on cryptocurrency markets that are tumbling down already, in response to Google ad
ban.