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Should Breast Feeding Be Allowed In The House Of Commons?
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I say no, in fact the House of Commons is no place for babies.
No jokes please.
I say no, in fact the House of Commons is no place for babies.
No jokes please.
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You do not need to 'wean' off babies before going back to work. You can buy mini milk machines to extract your breast milk which can then be either frozen or kept in the fridge. Its a myth that breast fed babies will not suck on a bottle - most will happily take either. What next? A supermarket checkout person with a baby at her breast? Ridiculous!
Well, don't let's be too hasty.........perhaps we could make an exception:
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As far as providing appropriate crèche facilities, for House employees to be able to feed their babies if arrangements permit, then fine.
But the notion of babies in the Chamber? That is a ludicrous idea.
For the same reason that doctors, fire fighters, TV presenters, office workers, check-out staff, deep sea fishing boat crews and so on and son ....
don't take babies to work - it is utterly impractical.
The notion that a baby will simply lie silently for hours while the House debates, and then murmur quietly before being fed and dropping back to sleep, unnoticed by the Honourable and Right Honourable Members is so farcical as to be a political cartoonist's dream.
"Mr Speaker, I would wish to make my point, but am unable to make myself heard in The House because of the endless racket emanating from the offspring of the Honourable Lady opposite ....!"
If the MP's believe that this idea makes them all modern and PC, then they are even more out of touch than usual with the real world in which the rest of us live!
But the notion of babies in the Chamber? That is a ludicrous idea.
For the same reason that doctors, fire fighters, TV presenters, office workers, check-out staff, deep sea fishing boat crews and so on and son ....
don't take babies to work - it is utterly impractical.
The notion that a baby will simply lie silently for hours while the House debates, and then murmur quietly before being fed and dropping back to sleep, unnoticed by the Honourable and Right Honourable Members is so farcical as to be a political cartoonist's dream.
"Mr Speaker, I would wish to make my point, but am unable to make myself heard in The House because of the endless racket emanating from the offspring of the Honourable Lady opposite ....!"
If the MP's believe that this idea makes them all modern and PC, then they are even more out of touch than usual with the real world in which the rest of us live!
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