Contacting MP- points, articles and links

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I am innthe process if writing to my local MP with regard to the current consultation. I want to make sure I cover all female/child safeguarding points and concerns and furnish it with examples. I'd like some screenshots I can implant and lots of lovely links.

I'd be very grateful for any help.

Thank you.

Dont try to cover it all in one letter, if its too long they wont even read it.
Keep it short and to the point. Stick to facts they can't argue with.

If they fob you off, write again in a few days with the next point.

I just posted this on another thread, but

On writing to MPs and Ministers...

MPs will only respond to their own constituents - they may pass your letter along to the correct MP for them to respond (for example, neighbouring MPs will often get correspondence that should have been sent to the other one, and have standard arrangements in place to forward it on)

You can ask your MP to share their own views on a particular matter. You can also ask them to raise the issue, on your behalf, with the relevant minister. This is a particularly effective way of getting a reply from a minister, as ministers have to reply to MPs (a Cabinet Minister can delegate it to a junior minister in their department, though).

You can also write directly to a minister or member of a Parliamentary Committee, making clear that that is the capacity in which you are engaging them (ie not as a constituency MP). In many cases you are likely to get a reply from an official instead of a minister (though if the numbers who write on a particular issue are high enough, this gets noted at senior levels in the department in question), and probably just a standard response - at the moment, it will probably be along the lines of encouraging everyone to participate in the forthcoming consultation blah blah blah

Thanks there's some good points.

I think it's worth looking into your MP & seeing if they have any particular interests/responsibilities that you can speak to because they all have egos the size of a planet as they may find it easier to "see" the problem in an area they know well.

Mine doesnt reply but i keep writting

Good idea Waddle.

I thought they had to reply to constituents, even if it's just to say bugger off?

I thought that too Mip but I dont think it's true.
I send my letters with the previous letter attached saying enclosed in the unlikely event it didnt reach you previously

I must say my MSPs have all replied...

Do pp think we can write to our MP asking them explicitly which way they will vote re the GRA? ( assuming there will actually be a vote in the House of Commons? )

Destinys - a vote in Parliament is a very long way away at the moment (unless a backbencher brings forward their own motion). This is just a consultation at the moment; then the government will go away and think about what to do next; then they will publish a formal response. If the response is that they propose to amend legislation, in due course the government will publish a draft bill which will go before Parliament when there is space in the work schedule (and Brexit is keeping out a lot of legislation at the moment) and then it will start working its way through Parliament and giving MPs an opportunity to vote on proposals.

You could ask in your letter what they think of the proposals, though.

Thanks for that. I wrote to my MP a while ago and whilst he took my concerns on board, the response was a bit vague!