Twitterers often recommend people they think worthy of "following" on Fridays. In a similar vein I thought I'd recommend three EDMs which are, in my view, worth signing:
Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrat, Cambridge) EDM 186 Summary Care Records
I have already set out my views on the Government's u-turn on the putative nationwide NHS database. It is very wrong for the uploading of patients' medical records to continue given the enormous questions which exist about the scheme, and must be answered (many of which are being asked by GPs).
Robert Halfon (Conservative, Harlow) EDM 328 Surveillance and the Internet
As I've written here previously, Google's Street View cars did more than take pictures of streets. They allegedly mapped every single wireless internet connection in Britain, including many millions in private homes, for commercial purposes, and (in the words of the EDM) "may have failed to disclose that it was building a massive database of wi-fi networks across the UK without people's consent" - and the capture by Google Street View cars of private data transmitted via wi-fi networks is the subject of a Metropolitan police investigation.
(Rob is speaking at a Big Brother Watch event on the evening of 20 July on this topic - if you are interested in attending, please contact us)
Brian Binley (Conservative, Northampton South) EDM 406 A review of the smoking ban in pubs and clubs
Two of these come from members of the new intake - who have collectively, it seems to me, swiftly got stuck into their duties with an admirable vigour and a significant sense of independence. All three of them, I think, are worthy examples of the rigorous defence of freedom one looks to Parliament to perform.