This is my recent reply from another MP. As you can see it does work, all you have to do is contact them and ask them to support EDM 288.
Dear Hitback,
Thank you for taking the time to write to me. I appreciate your concern at the difficulties faced by those leaving the armed forces in obtaining social housing, and I understand your wish to see action taken by the Government to address this issue.
You are right in saying that I do not need to be your MP in order to sign Early Day Motion 288 if I agree with the contents of this, and I am pleased to inform that I have indeed added my signature to this motion, to note the important contribution of the armed forces and to raise my concerns about the housing problems many servicemen and women and their families are experiencing.
You can view the motion, currently signed by 221 MPs, by following this link
http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDe...05&SESSION=885 and my signature should appear on this following the current Parliamentary recess. I will encourage my colleagues to add their signatures and I hope that the motion will continue to gain support and prompt the Government to action to review housing allocation policy to address the problems faced by former members of the armed forces.
Thank you again for getting in touch, and I hope that you will receive useful responses from the other Members you have contacted in connection with this issue.
Yours sincerely,
Jo Swinson MP
Jo Swinson MP
East Dunbartonshire
Tel: 0141
Fax: 0141
Email:
swinsonj@parliament.uk
Web:
www.joswinson.org.uk