Millionaire MP John Hemming revealed last night how social workers had
threatened to place his newborn baby daughter Isabel on an at-risk register.
The father of four is furious at their behaviour during an investigation
into why Isabel’s mother, 30 year old Emily Cox, had not registered the
death of a stillborn baby when she was a teenager.
Mr Hemming 45, said the officials even tried to question his mistress Miss
Cox as she went into labour in hospital last week. “It was harassment. They
are acting like the Gestapo”, he said. The social workers later recommended
that the infant should be placed on the child protection register but it is
understood that this has been withdrawn.
The Mail on Sunday can also reveal today that the Birmingham MP skipped last
week’s knife-edge Commons vote on ID cards after being given “paternity
leave” so he could be at the birth of his love child.
He was absent from the Commons for three days after receiving permission
from Liberal Democrat Chief Whip Andrew Stunnell.
Miss Cox was recovering last night in hospital. Mr Hemming, who is staying
with his wife Christine 46, and their three children, said “Emily is very
distressed. I am caring for her as well as my wife and our children”.
Miss Cox, who became Mr Hemmings lover six years ago, told her GP during an
ante-natal consultation about the stillbirth which happened when she was 17.
Mr Hemming said a social worker and two police officers later called at Miss
Cox’s home. He said the social worker “barged in and told her that the
council could take her new baby away unless she co-operated with their
inquiry”.
He said he feared there was a hidden agenda because Miss Cox had criticised
social workers over their adoption policies.
A social services spokesman said “We do not comment on individual cases”.
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The
Times
By Sam Coates December 09, 2005
An MP has issued a writ claiming £300,000 against Birmingham social
services and individual social workers for allegedly harassing his newborn
baby and her mother.
John Hemming, 45, the Liberal Democrat MP for Birmingham Yardley, claims
that the harassment centred on a threat to put baby Isabel on an at-risk
register. The threat was later withdrawn.
He claimed that Isabel’s mother, Emily Cox, 30, was questioned by social
services as she went into labour in October. In the writ lodged at the High
Court, he said that she and his baby had been “defamed, tortured and
assaulted” by social services.
Mr Hemming, a successful entrepreneur married to Christine, 46, admitted to
the affair when it was revealed that Miss Cox was expecting his child.
A spokesman for the council said: “Birmingham City Council will be
vigorously defending the matter and its staff.”
Comments:
Read the message from J -A Friend to
Fassit UK October 25, 2005
I am not a Lib Dem party supporter. I have learned that John Hemmings might have been deliberately targeted by social services because he
has been very successful in political terms. He overturned a labour majority
to win his seat .
So certain was Labour of holding the seat at the last election that Labour
had 'given' the seat to a senior Labour official.
He was in the vanguard of a group of Lib Dems who upset the cosy Labour
arrangements in Birmingham.
He has been transparently challenging of all that he has disagreed with in
Birmingham. He therefore poses a 'threat' to Labour. The Lib Dems have taken
them on in Birmingham.
This is not isolated. In April 2005, in Essex, Councillor
Barry Aspinell was served with an Injunction by Essex County Council.
When the judge dismissed the Injunction, ECC informed the press that " it
wasn't the council that took out the Injunction......It was the judge".
Please do read this again. The Head of Law & Administration then also wrote
to me and made the same statement.
Councillor hounded by
Essex County Council
Thursday 20 October 2005 by Pat Jones
So what is the problem ?
The problem is that Essex County Council's ' paid' officials had targeted a
serving elected representative of the people, and had come unstuck! This is
a very serious matter. But it didn't end there! A Conservative Councillor,
Councillor Tracy Chapman, then made a complaint against Councillor Barry
Aspinell to the Standards Board for England & Wales( generally referred to
as The Standards Board ). If this complaint had been UPHELD, Councillor
Aspinell would have been barred fro holding political office for 5
years.....I assume you are getting a message here!
Well, The Standards Board found in Councillor Aspinell's favour. But it
didn't end there with certain people. You have probably guessed that by now.
The full judgement in this case is due to be posted on the
Standards Board
webs site, some time today. Do read it. It is a remarkable document. And
there is more.
Perhaps you can detect some purpose in ' the Gestapo' targeting of John
Hemmings MP !
All our elected representatives are similarly at risk.
Perhaps some of our politicians will now wake up from their deep slumber.
