Conscience vote remit rejected
By
PATRICIA HERBERT
in Wellington The Labour Party conference yesterday rejected a call to abondon the conscience vote for Labour members of Parliament The Chief Government Whip, Dr Cullen, spoke against the remit saying conscience issues were one of the few areas where politicians could be brave rather than just part of the voting
machine. He said the great
majority of Labour members, including some in marginal seats, had shown courage in supporting homosexual law reform; long a party’ policy.
Another delegate said that the remit would put the Prime Minister, Mr Lange, in an awkward position because he opposed abortion on demand but the party supported it
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