This website has been created to
provide an opportunity to read copies of letters by A.Citizen (a
nom de plume). that have been sent to the Prime Minister of the UK of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland.
The idea for the website has arisen
partly because of either puzzling action or inaction by the Right Honourable Ladies
and Gentlemen of the House of Commons and the Lords and Ladies of the
House of Lords over various matters. The usual letter of
complaint to one's MP to initiate change is of little use if the matter has
no particular party champion, in fact, all parties may have a
similar view. Perhaps they are all wrong!
Letters to the PM
The Prime Minister would not normally
personally reply to a letter from a member of the public as he receives
thousands of letters a week. However, the Office of the Prime Minister
does reply to all mail. My letters, like other letters are dealt with by the
appropriate department(s) The department that replies to my letter- if
necessary, will receive a reply from me, and my reply will not be published
until I am sure that the person I am writing to (or department)
has received my letter.
Sometimes my views are just made known to the
government office eg. Home Office, otherwise a reply will published.
A. Citizen intends to publish all of his correspondence to the PM on
the website. Except any letters of a personal nature. Please note that I do
not have the resources of the government to respond to letters, but my
letters do receive a reply within a reasonable time frame. I need to
apologise if I can not reply promptly. I did have a period when I was
unable to use my, otherwise excellent, Epson Perfection 4180 Photo
scanner.
This website was published early in
2006.
Our UK Government
The UK has a government that
is elected by the people, every four years. The decisions that may be made by the government
are subject to a majority of members of the House of Commons voting for or
against a motion. The composition of the members is divided between the
political party in power and the opposition. All members of parliament are
elected. The discussion of
matters of concern is carried out in the House of Commons. The decisions of the House
of Commons are also subject to the House of Lords (and ladies!) some of
which have a hereditary title. For a much better description of the nature
of government in the UK visit the following link:
http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page18.asp. or
http://www.parliament.uk. The
UK Government websites are of excellent quality and every effort appears to
have been made to make documents easily available for public use. It must be
remembered that the decisions made by the government of our country is, as
far as possible, the result of a consensus.
Copyright
All material in this website is copyright.
Selected letters may be published elsewhere in printed journals and
newspapers and web based journals if publishers are prepared to pay
their usual journalists rates to the charity, Cancer Research UK and the letter(s)
and correspondence on that particular topic is published in its entirety or
acknowledged as a quotation from a lengthier document. Link to:
www.cancerresearchuk.org