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Fiona Bruce has been the UK [[Conservative Party]] Member of Parliament for Congleton Constituency since 2010. | Fiona Bruce has been the UK [[Conservative Party]] Member of Parliament for Congleton Constituency since 2010. | ||
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Bruce is a winner of the Business Woman of the Year Award "Women into Business" for her Community Law Firm [[Fiona Bruce & Co]] LLP, based in Cheshire. | Bruce is a winner of the Business Woman of the Year Award "Women into Business" for her Community Law Firm [[Fiona Bruce & Co]] LLP, based in Cheshire. | ||
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| + | ==Against legalisation of same-sex marriages== | ||
| + | In March 2012 Bruce lent her name to a petition by the [['Coalition for Marriage]], a pressure group opposed to the UK government's consultation and plans to legalise same-sex marriages by 2015. She explained: | ||
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| + | :"Primarily I am supporting it as a mother, as well as an MP, because research shows over different cultures and different ages that children flourish when they are brought up in a secure family environment, and this traditionally has been marriage." | ||
| + | <ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/20/fiona-bruce-tory-mp-supports-anti-gay-marriage-petition-as-a-mother_n_1288668.html Fiona Bruce, Tory MP, Supports Anti-Gay Marriage Petition 'As A Mother'], Huffington Post, 12 February 2012 </ref> | ||
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| + | fellow Tories Edward Leigh, David Nuttall and Stewart Jackson. Labour MPs Jim Dobbin and Joe Benton have also signed up. | ||
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==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
Revision as of 15:56, 17 March 2012
Fiona Bruce has been the UK Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Congleton Constituency since 2010.
Background
Bruce is a winner of the Business Woman of the Year Award "Women into Business" for her Community Law Firm Fiona Bruce & Co LLP, based in Cheshire.
Against legalisation of same-sex marriages
In March 2012 Bruce lent her name to a petition by the 'Coalition for Marriage, a pressure group opposed to the UK government's consultation and plans to legalise same-sex marriages by 2015. She explained:
- "Primarily I am supporting it as a mother, as well as an MP, because research shows over different cultures and different ages that children flourish when they are brought up in a secure family environment, and this traditionally has been marriage."
fellow Tories Edward Leigh, David Nuttall and Stewart Jackson. Labour MPs Jim Dobbin and Joe Benton have also signed up.
Affiliations
- Signatory to the Coalition for Marriage
- Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group (February 2012)
- Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dying Well
- Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse
- Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stem Cell Transplantation
- Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hospice and Palliative Care
- Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for North Korea
- Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Local Democracy
- Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Financial Education for Young People
- Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on International Anti-Corruption
- Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Arch Cru Investment Scheme
- Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty
- Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Friends of CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development) Group
- Member of the Christians in Parliament All-Party Parliamentary Group
- Member of the Associate Parliamentary Skills Group
- Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Faith and Society
Contact
- Website: http://fionabruce.mp/about/
Notes
- ↑ Fiona Bruce, Tory MP, Supports Anti-Gay Marriage Petition 'As A Mother', Huffington Post, 12 February 2012
