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What do you think of my MP's reply to letter about breastfeeding

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JiminyCricket · 13/01/2006 22:14

...asking him to support the upcoming bill about supporting women's right to breastfeed in all public places?

Basically he said he supported promotion of breastfeeding as best for babies and would support women not being discriminated against in this area 'but my personal view is that certain pubs and courts of law should be excluded from these provisions'.

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harpsichordcarrier · 15/01/2006 22:29

well it depends
you might want/need to listen to the whole thing
[got to go, baby SCREAMING]
it has been a practical pita for me, really

cod · 15/01/2006 22:30

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cod · 15/01/2006 22:31

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JoolsToo · 15/01/2006 22:33

it's not George Galloway is it? if it is he won't be receiving any mail for a while

cod · 15/01/2006 22:33

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harpsichordcarrier · 15/01/2006 22:34

have asked before if bf is possible in waiting room (crown court) and was told no
also directed towards toilets in an IT (long time ago now)

JoolsToo · 15/01/2006 22:35

purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

cod · 15/01/2006 22:35

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Meanoldmummy · 15/01/2006 22:35

If you don't want to see tits, don't look

I don't personally enjoy watching people eat...so I don't

JoolsToo · 15/01/2006 22:37

I am da judge

Meanoldmummy · 15/01/2006 22:38

wouldn't want to breastfeed that!

Prufrock · 15/01/2006 22:44

Hey - I agree with the codster! There are some places where children shouldn't be allowed, and in those places I'd be happy to not be allowed to breastfeed. Inside a court would be one - though I would be outraged to not be allowed to bf in the public places in a court building.

Presumably if you have to be in court you should be concentrating on the case, and you can't do that when looking after a baby. Seriously - by not accepting that there are some places where bf is not appropriate (and not because of a sexual thing but purely an attention thing) I think we do the cause of getting bf treated as normal a disservice because we look like loony hippies.

Meanoldmummy · 15/01/2006 22:46

Sooo.....if you have to be in court, where should your breastfeeding baby be? In a bag at reception?

Prufrock · 15/01/2006 22:51

The same place you'd put your 2 year old, or 10 year old? With somebody else for the small amount of time that you actually have to be in court? I can't honestly think of a reason why anyone who didn't work in court or was on trial would have to eb in a courtroom for more than 3 hours without a break. Just because a baby is bf doesn't mean it has to be permanently attached to you.

harpsichordcarrier · 15/01/2006 22:53

well courts do not break because your baby needs to feed, no....
so if you are in court from 9 till 1pm say, and you feed at 8.45 then you can;t feed him/her again till after one

Meanoldmummy · 15/01/2006 22:55

But I am the sort of mum who doesn't leave a child that age with anyone. Surely that's my prerogative? Or can the law force me to be separated from him, as it can force me to appear in court? Shaky ground IMO... unless I have been convicted of a crime I don't see how anyone can stipulate that I can't have my baby with me. And if he's with me (where he belongs) and he's hungry, there's one obvious solution...

4blue1pink · 15/01/2006 22:55

i just think that is horrendous...I am not a right on lefty mum ( well not too much) but he sounds a right co%&

4blue1pink · 15/01/2006 22:57

Who is this bloke and am i the only one who thinks this is so terrible?

Prufrock · 15/01/2006 22:57

No - I'd sayyou couldn'tand shouldn't attend with a bay that young. Just like you wouldn't go back to work with a baby that young and expect to bf at your desk.

harpsichordcarrier · 15/01/2006 22:58

prufrock I don't understand you I;m afraid
the court will not delay a case because your baby is too young

Meanoldmummy · 15/01/2006 22:59

That would create a problem if I had been summonsed, or was on trial but not in cusotdy, or in a range of other circumstances in which I was needed in court but legally entitled to have my vhild with me.

Meanoldmummy · 15/01/2006 22:59

my typing goes batty when I get riled

NotQuiteCockney · 16/01/2006 07:50

Well, I can see the point to a "no kids in court" rule. And at least it's not anti-breastfeeding, it's anti-children. And anti-women.

NotQuiteCockney · 16/01/2006 07:50

Or anti-family, I guess, really.

Meanoldmummy · 16/01/2006 08:19

anti-"continuation of the species"???

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