Targeted MP contact list

For a list of MP's go to http://www.wheresmydad.org.uk/ - click on the Politics tab under the banner - click MP Listing option (or copy and paste http://wheresmydadorguk.giving.officelive.com/MPlist.aspx into your browser)

You should also notice an option called Contact Details (copy and paste http://wheresmydadorguk.giving.officelive.com/ContactDetails.aspx into your browser) which gives a complete list of the 650 Members of Parliament with their roles and more contact details where they are relevant to our wheresmydad.org.uk™ NRP Tool (our Facebook app is at http://www.facebook.com/NRP.Support)

Using the RSS option (at the very bottom of the page) and an application like Google Reader will give you a contact record and mailing list that is updated when we update our internal systems.

For a more targeted list, with membership details of relevant groups within Parliament use the Groups and Group Member options for a list by group, and by member respectively.  Even if a Group Member is not your local MP, despite parliamentary convention, so long as an enquiry or comment is made to them in their specified role, the MP or peer should answer your communications.  For completeness, we would recommend sending copy letters to your local MP anyway, just so there is no confusion or excuse to “fob you off” !

Remember always, THEY WORK FOR YOU and our MP’s and peers should never shirk their responsibilities to the electorate.

Family Justice Review reminder

Just a quick reminder that the Family Justice Review is still in progress and if you have an interest in this area you should get in contact with the panel and let them know your comments.

Call them on 020 3334 4200 or go to their website at http://www.justice.gov.uk/reviews/family-justice-intro.htm

David Norgrove is the Chair Person and if you want to know the other members of his team his team, go to http://wheresmydadorguk.giving.officelive.com/ByGroup.aspx and look for “Family Justice Review” in the group name.

The terms of reference can be read at http://www.justice.gov.uk/reviews/fjr-terms-reference.htm

Shared Parenting Bill

We must bring to your attention the presentation of the Shared Parenting Bill by Mr Brian Binley MP on 13 July 2010.

More information can be seen via theyworkforyou.com website at http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2010-07-13a.812.3 and can be followed at the parliament.uk website by clicking http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/sharedparentingorders.html

He was supported in the bill by MP’s Dr Thérèse Coffey, Mr Douglas Carswell, Mr Philip Hollobone, Mr Christopher Chope, Mr Peter Bone, Mark Reckless, Caroline Dinenage, Mark Pritchard, Harriett Baldwin and Mr David Nuttall

Although not confirmed by Mr Binley yet, the draft text indicates that these would be new Court Orders that would need to be applied for, rather than an actual legal presumption of Shared Parenting without the need for confirmation by a judge.

We as an organisation greatly welcome this bill, and hope it gains the support it so justly deserves.

“You cannot negotiate with these people and expect rational discussion”

Although I appreciate you may not like "the system", and shouting may be good for the short term, the only way we believe to change things is to use the system.  By "use", we mean understand, consider and anticipate the way "it" works. 

This means acting like a solicitor, as you say, LISTENING to what people think is wrong with "the system" and then respond in a meaningful and structured way.

Our stated activity at the moment is assessing the state of UK & EU law.  This is no easy task and is taking time.  However, where we see a distinct area we can make a positive and constructive change, we formulate policy and strategy to overcome these obstacles.

It may sound like "lawyer" or "politician speak" - and that is EXACTLY what we're aiming for.  We want to be able to accurately oppose the current situation and argue the case for NRP's, and we do understand that some other groups do not agree with our methods.  The more fronts that we can make public and loud, the better - but again, these are OUR methods, and we think they will have an impact on the overall situation suffered by Non Resident Parents.

Some of these routes include taking part in the current review of Family Law (please see both details of the review at http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/newsrelease200110a.htm and the Government Green Paper at http://publications.dcsf.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/CM-7787.pdf )

We believe that getting involved in the creation, amendment and repeal of legislation is the best way to improve the situation and increase equality for Non Resident Parents in a currently unfair, unjust and plainly biased system.

Automatically creating and managing your personal mail campaign

We’re developing software to create and manage the "letter writing" process for Non Resident Parents, to reinforce their position prior to the established "status quo" of contact with their children changing. As part of this is the use of the correct language to enable further automatic complaints to be raised when the agencies and authorities fail or refuse to assist - including the use of the Administrative Court and Civil Procedure Rules. The system is nearly (!) ready, and will be needing some guinea pigs soon - anyone wanting to use the system, by all means join us on our page on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/wheresmydad.org.uk and read more about the Civil Procedure Rule via http://wheresmydad.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!C7771365DF4DB62E!200.entry

#ge10 #ge2010 #election2010 Plethora of information ..

Draft Policies have been updated and we just love Twaiter !

Our main policies are now linkable, and tweets are sent out regularly so you can see what they are !  Simples.

If you want to view or link to them, just use this handy table

Policy Area	Short Link
Government Restructure	http://bit.ly/Restructure
Benefits and Social Cohesion	http://bit.ly/Policy02
Community Relations	http://bit.ly/Policy03
Jobs and Welfare	http://bit.ly/Policy04
Pensions and Older People	http://bit.ly/Policy05
Third Sector, Charities and Voluntary Organisations	http://bit.ly/Policy06
Business	http://bit.ly/Policy07
Schools	http://bit.ly/Policy08
Culture, Media and Sports	http://bit.ly/Policy10
Defence	http://bit.ly/Policy11
Foreign Affairs	http://bit.ly/Policy12
Health & Social Care	http://bit.ly/Policy13
Crime	http://bit.ly/Policy14
Immigration	http://bit.ly/Policy16
Justice and Democracy	http://bit.ly/Policy17
Local & Devolved Government	http://bit.ly/Policy18
Climate Change and Energy	http://bit.ly/Policy19
Countryside Management	http://bit.ly/Policy21
Environment	http://bit.ly/Policy22
Housing	http://bit.ly/Policy23
Transport	http://bit.ly/Policy24
Treasury-Systems	http://bit.ly/Policy25
Age, Civil & Criminal Responsibility Act	http://bit.ly/ResponsibilityAct
Corporation Tax	http://bit.ly/CorporationTax
Value Added Tax	http://bit.ly/ValueAddedTax
Sales (or Purchase) Tax	http://bit.ly/PurchaseTax
Inheritance Tax	http://bit.ly/InheritanceTax
Stamp Duty (on Property Purchases)	http://bit.ly/StampDuty
Changes to National Insurance	http://bit.ly/National-Insurance
Education Funding Tax	http://bit.ly/EducationTax
Income Tax	http://bit.ly/IncomeTax
Individual and Household Tax Allowances	http://bit.ly/TaxAllowance
Council Tax & Higher Earner Local Tax	http://bit.ly/CouncilTax
Recreational Drugs Review	http://bit.ly/DrugsReview
Boundary Reform	http://bit.ly/BoundaryReform

Letting you know about www.thirdchamber.org.uk

I thought I’d let you know about http://www.thirdchamber.org.uk which is the link to Andrew’s personal site about the upcoming election. 

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