Laurence Robertson
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Laurence Anthony Robertson (born 29 March 1958) is a British politician. He has been Conservative member of Parliament for Tewkesbury since 1997. In May 2005 he became Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland, a controversial choice given his opposition to the Good Friday Agreement. He is also a member of the right-wing pressure group The Freedom Association.
He courted controversy in 2001 by offering support for John Townend over his controversial remarks about race; he later apologised for offering this support. In 2005 he advanced a Private Member's Bill to outlaw abortion altogether, making it an imprisonable offence except where the mother's life was at risk or where conception was due to rape.
External links
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Laurence Robertson MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-4463,00.html)
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Laurence Robertson MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/laurence_robertson/tewkesbury)
- Conservative party profile - Laurence Robertson MP (http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=4583)
- BBC News - Laurence Robertson: MP in the spotlight (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1306373.stm) (May 2001)
- BBC News - Laurence Robertson (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2175523.stm) (October 2002)