My father was a postman, but he did not often have the experiences that I understand certain people in the postal services have today. To take up the previous intervention, I think that there is something significant about uniforms as symbols of authority. A minority of people have made it impossible for the post to be delivered in certain localities. A minority of young boys see it as an opportunity to challenge symbols of authority. Clearly, although the Bill is important we also need other measures to deal with the problem of the socialisation of young men. We need to get them to accept that there are boundaries of acceptable behaviour, and that they should respect some symbols of authority.
Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Mike Gapes
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 14 July 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Bill.
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