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The picture shows a full House of Commons chamber [photo by PA]
This section of the site records letters I have written to parliamentarians and members of the Government, and some of their replies
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| Political correctness | re Patrick Mercer | My letter of 10 March 2007 to the Leader of the Opposition regarding remarks by Patrick Mercer | ||||
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| Guardian comment |
Comment by Edward Pearce in The Guardian of Friday 9 March 2007
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| Patrick Mercer to me | Response by Patrick Mercer on 14 March 2007 | |||||
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| Family values | Letter of 11 August 2011 arguing for the abandonment of political correctness in favour of a return to family values, drawing on experience as a prison visitor | |||||
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| Response from Julian Lewis | Letter of 18 August 2011 from Julian Lewis referring to my experience as a prison visitor | |||||
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| Blunt flannel | Anodyne response obviously drafted by bored civil service staff, not answering the question but merely regurgitating 'Prison Service policies', sent by Crispin Blunt on 13 September 2011 | |||||
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| Redefining Marriage | A letter to Dr Julian Lewis MP regarding the pressure now being applied to persuade the Government to redefine marriage | |||||
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| Gay marriage | Womans Hour | A ten-minute debate on Womans Hour on the rights and wrongs of gay marriage | ||||
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| Gay Marriage | An essay on gay marriage, written as a contribution to the debate on twitter and in the press, as Parliament prepares to debate the issue | |||||
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| to julian Lewis | My letter to Julian Lewis of 13 June 2012 regarding the public consultation about gay marriage | |||||
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| from Julian Lewis | Julian Lewis responding to my letter about gay marriage | |||||
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| House of Commons | A fuller treatment of the issue, based on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill and its second reading in the House of Commons | |||||
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| Police conduct | re de Menezes | Letter of 20 December 2008 regarding police conduct in the de Menezes case | ||||
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| Response by Julian Lewis | Letter of 19 January 2009 from Julian Lewis regarding police conduct in the de Menezes case; it seems I have mislaid my original letter | |||||
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| Planning policy | To Maureen Robinson | Email of March 2009 to a local councillor regarding planning consent for manufacturing industry | ||||
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| Public standards | Phoenix directors | Letter of September 2009 regarding Phoenix and British car manufacturing | ||||
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| RBS directors | Email deploring the performance of RBS directors following the collapse of their bank | |||||
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| Prison Service | From Julian Lewis | Letter of February 2010 from Julian Lewis regarding Prison Service action on rehabilitation | ||||
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| Peter Robinson | To Peter Robinson | Peter Robinson, the leader of the Democratic Unionists in Northern Ireland, had been hounded by the media for the foolish antics of his wife and as a consequence had stood down for a period, yet was making great strides encouraging reconciliation in the Province. I wrote to him in January 2010 | ||||
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| His reply to me | Reply by Peter Robinson in March 2010, expressing his thanks for my support | |||||
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| Unemployment | To Vince Cable | Email asking for action to find employment for the people to be dismissed from public sector jobs | ||||
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| Rupert Murdoch | To Vince Cable | Email in December 2010 supporting Vince Cable on his common sense attitude to Rupert Murdoch | ||||
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| To Julian Lewis | My letter of 11 July 2011 regarding the projected takeover of BSkyB by NewsCorp | |||||
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| His reply to me | Letter of July 2011 from Julian Lewis regarding News International, in which his views are made very clear | |||||
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| Budget anomaly | On child benefit | Letter of 6 March 2012 to Julian Lewis regarding the projected withdrawal of child benefit from families with a higher income earner | ||||
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| Migration | UK Border Agency | Letter of 1 May 2012 to Julian Lewis regarding the farce at UKBA and the need for sufficient properly trained staff to ease the congestion at Heathrow | ||||
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| A fresh approach | Letter of January 2016 to The Guardian proposing new lebensräum for migrants | |||||
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| Margaret Thatcher | Appreciation | Letter of 11 April 2013 to Julian Lewis regarding the parliamentary debate remembering Lady Thatcher, congratulating him on his speech and suggesting two other vital matters: protecting the Falklands and cutting the deficit | ||||
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| Contact | john@johndexter.co.uk | |||||
| phone | 07812 635953 | |||||
| home page | www.johndexter.co.uk | |||||
