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I couldn't find any evidence that Maria Miller 'refused' to meet with protesters. According to Channel 4 News she failed to appear. According to Sense she declined an invitation to speak. I think the wording of this could be more neutral. Channel 4 News does say that she was criticised for this decision, so I think that that could be mentioned without creating bias. 86.158.80.242 (talk) 16:12, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Constant attempts by users to inject bias and non-neutral language and statements into wiki page - for political purposes, one can only assume. Distortions created by presuming Maria Miller voted specifically against "equality" issues, when in fact she voted against entire bills as did large numbers of politicians from all sides of the aisle for a wide range of reasons. Also the morally non-neutral claim that voting against a perceived, any given, "LGBT" issue is actually anti-equality. That is a matter of moral and ethical perspective, not an objective claim. Wikipedia should not contain such sleight-of-hands. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MKPoosh (talk • contribs) 18:33, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Miller was quoted in today's Guardian as being in support of a reduction in the 24 week time limit for abortions to 20 weeks ( http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/oct/03/abortion-limit-reduction-maria-miller). This despite the overwhelming failure of Nadine Dorries' related bill last year. A section should be added to cover this topic, along with some mention of lobbying by Pro-Life groups in her constituency.212.139.110.68 (talk) 00:31, 3 October 2012 (UTC)twl00:31, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
This needs changing to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Parliamentary_Standards_Authority but the edit option seems to have been turned off - can someone else do it for me please?
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.71.31.56 (talk) 18:37, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
Once her future as Culture Secretary becomes clear, I will strip out the detailed twists and turns from the article text and dispatch them in shortened form to the footnotes. For the moment, it is a current news story, some extra detail to assist readers is helpful. AntiqueReader (talk) 17:56, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
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31.185.186.159 (talk) 23:15, 8 April 2014 (UTC) https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/s526x395/1506478_1397913243819708_5592382973331748113_n.jpg
Maria Miller has stepped down from being David Cameron's Culture Secretary, I think I have changed one location but not another as I don't know where in the source it is as it is not obvious. Can someone do it for me please? Wetter88 (talk) 08:06, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
Some of the "expenses claims" section reads like a Guardian article. I'm not proficient enough in the ways of Wikipedia to "neutralise" it, but somebody needs to. (An example of what I'm talking about: it is not relevant in an encyclopedia article that IDS had promised harsher penalties for benefit frauds the day before supporting Miller.) --Codenamecuckoo (talk) 08:35, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
The article states that Maria Miller was elected to Parliament in 2005. In the section on her reasons for resigning it states that:
"Asked, in 2009, to sign a declaration acknowledging she would now be liable, Miller declined and chose instead to simply stop claiming expenses for the second home in Wimbledon, having done so since she bought the house fifteen years previously"
If in 2009 she had had only been an MP for four years how could she have been claiming expenses for it for the preceding 15 years?
Can someone correct one or other of these assertions (or perhaps delete the whole thing until an authoritative version can be established?)
Peter D Rieden — Preceding unsigned comment added by 20.133.0.13 (talk) 17:09, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
Edit is turned off so I can't add this - can someone add it please?
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmstandards/1179/1179.pdf
It would seem sensible to base discussion on this primary source not press reports.
The crucial difference between the £45,000 that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards recommended that MM repay, and the £5,800 that MM offered to pay and the Committee of MPs agreed to is clear from this report. The Committee agreed that on a strict interpretation of the rules the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards was right, but "Whatever the strict construction of the rule, it was reasonable for Mrs Miller to claim the interest on her mortgage as it was when she entered the House, rather than as it was when she first purchased the property" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.112.191.151 (talk) 19:14, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
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I've simplified what's said about Miller's links with other constituencies. There are puzzles - how did the link with Wimbledon arise?; and re Wolverhampton North East the term "Patron" was used originally (without source), then altered later (citing Who's Who) to "chair" - and I've no access past the Who's Who paywall for authoritative details. But anyway the w3 there gives someone else as chair (and makes no mention of a Patron). It seems tht as regards both constituencies it's all a while ago anyway so the missing detail is unneeded.
If anyone thinks differently, knows more and has sources, obviously goferit.
– SquisherDa (talk) 18:28, 20 November 2019 (UTC)