8th February 2007, 02:22 PM
Im going to paste in the reply i got from my MP to demonstrate quite how important it is that you lot get involved with this exercise as it illustates the problems faced by those tryng to get the bill through
"Thank you for your message, Catherine.
I assume this is a Private Members' Bill and if that is the case the
number of members present is only relevant if the Bill is being
opposed.
In that case, that number of MPs are needed to force a "closure vote"
so
the Bill can proceed to the next stage of consideration.
I am afraid I know nothing about this particular Bill - there are a lot
of Private Members' Bills and you are the first person to contact me
about this particular one - but I will now make some inquiries and get
back to you.
Thank you for getting in touch.
All the best
Alun Michael"
How many other mps know nothing about this bill? - come on people take responcability for enacting change yourselves. It takes five mins and if you use the link on bajr you can email directly rather than having to go from your account.
And lets have some copies of thier replies on here to see how we're doing
"Thank you for your message, Catherine.
I assume this is a Private Members' Bill and if that is the case the
number of members present is only relevant if the Bill is being
opposed.
In that case, that number of MPs are needed to force a "closure vote"
so
the Bill can proceed to the next stage of consideration.
I am afraid I know nothing about this particular Bill - there are a lot
of Private Members' Bills and you are the first person to contact me
about this particular one - but I will now make some inquiries and get
back to you.
Thank you for getting in touch.
All the best
Alun Michael"
How many other mps know nothing about this bill? - come on people take responcability for enacting change yourselves. It takes five mins and if you use the link on bajr you can email directly rather than having to go from your account.
And lets have some copies of thier replies on here to see how we're doing