Call to Action

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ACTION: Please contact your MP asap and ask them to attend this meeting on Tuesday 16th October at 10:30am until 12:30pm in Room S, House of Commons

Fair Play For Women, Womans Place UK and Transgender Trend will be holding a joint drop-in session for MPs in the House of Commons. It's an opportunity for them to hear our concerns and ask us questions.

To make sure MPs attend they need you, as their constituents, to tell them it's important and that you want them to go.

So can I ask you all to email your MP saying you have heard this meeting is happening and asking them to confirm if they will be attending. If they get a few constituent emails it will push it up their priority list.

They will have received an invitation to the drop in "How will changes to the Gender Recognition Act affect women’s rights?
Tuesday 16th October 2018 at 10:30am until 12:30pm".

Amazing! Will write.

I will do this!

but tomorrow, when I'm not half a bottle of wine in

don't think i can write anything persuasive in this state!

Done

Bump. I'll do this in the morning.

Thank you.
Have sent email to Stella Creasy. I've just realised it's midnight on Friday however so probably not the most effective timing.

Will do on Monday. My MP has made it very clear where he stands on this (and it isn't with women) but I can try.

Just done. I’m meeting my MP on 12th October so will offer a timely reminder.

My MP is Zac Goldsmith. He’s notoriously bad at attending stuff... I have been to meet and talk to him and he was supportive but then wouldn’t commit to anything in writing and won’t raise it unless he has to vote on something and even then he may not turn up 😫

Done- thank you so much for drawing attention to this

My mp ignored mt last email but ill send this today.

Done!

Whoever arranged this, well done!

Perfect for me to include with a follow up to the reply I'm going to send to my MP after his copy and paste job about inclusion and respecting everyone's identity.

Thanks - will email mine.

Done. Ours is a young ish female MP so I hope she goes.

Has anyone else done a pitch on why they feel it's so important their MP attends? I've tried to write something compelling without immediately turning her off.... tricky.

I’m hoping this is just a strength in numbers one and lots of the lurkers write?

Should be a quick and easy one, Dear blah,

I understand you’ve received an invitation to (first post) I’m writing to ask that you attend and ask (any question) I am concerned about how this impacts on my/my daughters/mums/sister’s/wife’s rights. I don’t think self ID is a vote winner and I need to know who to vote for.

Regards

Mumsnet lurker

I will do this, thanks!

Done - thanks!

Done!

This is an important test for MPs. Let's do it.

Bump.

Done.

Great. Will do after a piss poor response from my mp that didn't address any of my points he clearly needs to go to this.

Done. I wrote a long letter to my MP a while back who just asked me to fill in the consultation.

Done. I attached a link to this week's Spectator feature 'Trans rights have gone wrong' as it's a superb starter for 10.