Lib Dem John Hemming said he was concerned about the effect of the investigations on those who had suffered.

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Mr Hindle said the plan had the backing of the TUC and GMB unions and the MP for Yardley, John Hemming.

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John Hemming said the register would make life easier for gay couples.

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Except it seems where the Lib Dem MP John Hemming is concerned.

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John Hemming, Lib Dem MP for Yardley in Birmingham, says he uses his blog "mainly for campaigning issues, for putting out information, for arguing issues and often we have big rows in the comments".

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The Conquest of the Incas, by John Hemming.

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So mentions like John Hemming's are protected by absolute privilege as far as MPs are concerned, under Article 9 of the Bill of Rights, and by the normal "qualified privilege" as far as journalists are concerned.

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The committee hears from the former Clerk of the Commons, Sir Malcolm Jack and Lib Dem MP John Hemming, who has stretched parliamentary conventions with his attempts to raise issues around the work of the Family Court.

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John Hemming MP, Liberal Democrat, Birmingham Yardley.

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