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Submission to Joint Scrutiny Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill

Introduction

1. The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) has long-standing experience of working with people who have suffered from emotional distress. We consider that the values of Trust, Autonomy, Consent and Truth need to underpin mental health legislation and that everyone has the potential for psychological growth and development through loving relationships. No one is born evil.

Response to Export Credit Guarantee Department Public Consultation on Case Impact Analysis

In response to the three specific questions of the public consultation on 'case impact analysis.'

Submission to Defence Select Committee Inquiry on Missile Defence

'You cannot foster harmony by the apparatus of discord, nor cherish goodwill by the equipment of hate. But it is by harmony and goodwill that human security can be obtained.' (Quaker Faith and Practice 24.40)

Memorandum to Development Select Committee on inquiry into conflict and development

1. The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) is a religious denomination and charity with a longstanding commitment to the peaceful solution of violent conflict. This submission is based on our experience in the programmes of work of Quaker Peace and Social Witness, our corporate witness department, in former Yugoslavia and West Africa, and the work of the Quaker United Nations' Office in Geneva.