Campaign Responses

Thank you for contacting me about New Clause 4 and the Trade Bill. I do appreciate your strength of feeling about this Clause, and I agree with you about the importance of effective Parliamentary scrutiny.

Thank you for contacting me about the Trade Bill and food standards. I appreciate your strength of feeling on this issue, but I want to reassure you that the Trade Bill will not undermine food standards. The powers within the Trade Bill cannot be used to implement new free trade agreements with co

Thank you for contacting me about the Trade Bill and New Clause 8, previously New Clause 12. I appreciate your concerns, but I do not believe New Clause 8 would be necessary, however laudable the aims behind it.

Thank you for contacting me about the Israel-Britain Alliance campaign on local government pensions guidance and foreign policy.
 

Thank you for contacting me about sustainable fishing in British waters and the access of large trawling vessels to our waters.

Thank you for contacting me about coronavirus and transport staff.

It is vital that we keep our transport system going but also protect transport staff.

Thank you for contacting me about National Health Service pay.

I believe that the passion, commitment, and specialist knowledge of our National Health Service staff is part of what makes it so special. I recognise that staff morale is vital to maintaining staff commitment to services.

Thank you for contacting me about television licences for the over 75s.  I stood on a manifesto that made clear that the British Broadcasting Corporation should do the right thing and fund television licences for over 75s.

Thank you for contacting me about the economy and your wish to extend the transition period.

Thank you for contacting me about HS2 and the environment.
 
On the recommendation of the independent Oakervee review commissioned last year, the Prime Minister has given the go ahead to HS2, alongside major improvements to local transport networks up and down the country.