Surveys and Responses to Email Campaigns

Surveys and Campaigns

Humanitarian situation in Gaza

Thank you for your email on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. My concerns about Palestine long predate the horrific events of October 7th in the Hamas attacks. I have often spoken about Palestine in Parliament and in my other work as an MP.

Protect children from smartphones and social media

Thank you for contacting me about children and smartphone usage.

WASPI women

Thank you for your email on WASPI women

Animal Testing

Thank you for contacting me about animal testing. 

Protect our Rivers

Thank you for your email on water pollution.

Ocean Treaty

Thank you for contacting me about ocean protection.

Protecting the environment is one of my top priorities in my work as an MP and I am part of CEN, the Conservative Environment Network. I regularly swim in the sea during the summer months when I am not in Parliament.

Excess deaths

Thank you for your email on excess deaths.

Macmillan Cancer Support’s Campaign

Thank you for contacting me about support for people affected by cancer. It is an awful disease and often is spotted far too late. Many of my friends have died of cancer and I know how difficult it is for families and friends.

The Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill

Thank you for contacting me about The Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill.

Electoral Commission

Thank you for contacting me about the Electoral Commission.

Abortion

You will be pleased to know that I agree and have signed the amendment. Like you, I have met several children and adults who were born prematurely, as early as 22 weeks, and we need to protect premature babies that can survive.

Water pollution

Thank you for your email on water pollution.

Email Campaigns

Each day I receive several hundred emails and letters, and while I am keen to understand the views of constituents on issues which are important to you, I have to prioritise how I respond to them.

Many of the emails I receive are template campaign emails about Government policy generated by organisations or lobby groups. While I try to respond directly to as many as I can as quickly as I can, I cannot prioritise this over assisting constituents with casework queries – people who are asking for my help with an issue affecting them urgently.

I do take note of all the points made in the course of these campaigns, and I regularly discuss issues with charities or organisations when they raise issues of concern, as well as with Ministers.

I will collate on this page my response to the issues raised by click-and-send campaigns as they arise, and I hope the information these responses contain will be useful to you. Please see the links to the right.

EDMs and Petitions

Please note that I do not sign Early Day Motions as these are never debated or voted on in Parliament, and cannot bind Government policy in any way.

While I am sometimes contacted about signing petitions, there is a process for raising these in Parliament, and only those generated by the official process can be considered. There is no method for bringing non-Parliamentary petitions to the official attention of Parliament or the Government.