Chris Tumbled Upon

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Schools: Latin

  • Earl Ferrers: My Lords, should the noble Baroness’s robust reply in her original Answer, which I applaud, lead one to believe that she would be against the occasional movement to remove Latin words from the English language on the basis that they complicate English? If that were successful, words such as “exit”, “et cetera”, “Anno Domini” and “am/pm” would go. Would that not be a great mistake?
  • Baroness Morgan of Drefelin: My Lords, I support the status quo.

“Once I tried to run, I tried to run and hide

But Jesus came and found me and he touched me down inside”

As I understand it, if a person is thought to have committed an offence, he can have his DNA and other samples taken. The argument is whether the police should be allowed to keep it… However, if the police keep a person’s DNA, what does that matter unless they subsequently commit a crime?… If they have not committed a crime, they have nothing to worry about.

Earl Ferrers, 09/10/2008 Committee Stage of the Counter Terrorism Bill 2007-08

I’m hoping to get round to writing a letter to Earl Ferrers explaining exactly why the indefinite retention of DNA/fingerprints of innocent people is a bad thing.

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