Just received this from my MP...
Thank you for your recent letter correspondence regarding EDM 829.
You may be aware that I am a Whip and therefore part of the Her Majesty's
Government. As such, parliamentary protocol prevents me from signing Early
Day Motions because if I did it might appear that the EDM had Governmental
support.
However, I will monitor the progress of this EDM with interest.
Thank you for taking the trouble to write to me about this matter.
Yours sincerely,
Jim Fitzpatrick MP
I'm too ignorant to know whether he is making excuses or if he is being straight with me
