The MP's campaign-Responses

[jules1973]

Emailed Angela Smith (Labour MP For Basildon & Thurrock)PPS ( ), Prime Minister's Office (since 23 Jul 2007) (havent

[jules1973]

Emailed Angela Smith (Labour MP For Basildon & Thurrock)PPS (&nbsp, Prime Minister's Office (since 23 Jul 2007) (havent got a clue what her job involves in parliment)

 

OPPS sorry for the double post.

[jules1973]

I have posted a link to this trhead on the Abbey forum asking everyone to write to their mp using the brilliant letter on here and let everyone know who the MP is that they have written to, so that we can try and send letters to all the current MP's

[jules1973]

Oooh lets hope that IF the test case went to the House of lords, that Lord Dyke gets a say. I'd buy him a drink

[jules1973]

Lets hope he is widely liked and people will back him

[jules1973]

If they think the Thames would look better pink, with Flamingos floating on it rather than boats, then they damn well say it!

 

Peter

 

 

HEE hee, I like it.

 

I have emailed my local MEP's as well they are

Jeffrey Titford,

Christopher Beazley,

Richard Howitt

Geoffrey Van Orden,

Robert Sturdy,

Tom Wise

Andrew Duff

[jules1973]

***Received this from one of my MEP’s******, at least they are responding, even if they cannot help, they at least point you in the right direction.

Dear xxxxxxx

Thank you for your e-mail

I understand and sympathise with what you have said but unfortunately as an MEP I do not have any jurisdiction as to what happens in this country, but, I strongly advise you to make contact with your MP and Local Office of Fair trading and state your case. You can contact the Office of Fair Trading on enquiries@oft.gsi.gov.uk or your MP who is Angela Smith MP, Constituency House, Cornwallis House, Howard Chase, Basildon, SS14 3BB or gordonl@parliament.uk or flack@parliament.uk

Best wishes

Tom

Tom Wise

UK Independence Party MEP for the Eastern Region

Also, the emails I sent to Angela Smith Labour MP for Basildon from both me and my husband, have been read by her office, just waiting to see now if she is personally given the emails or whether they have been filed under “B”.

When we send a complaint to the OFT regarding the waiver, can someone point me in the right direction as to what letter we are sending them. Thanks in advance.

[jules1973]

This is great everyone, lets keep it up, try and post this thread on every reply you to in all your subscribed threads. Bet the banks and FSA/OFT didnt bank on this happening, great to see us Brits know how to stick together

[jules1973]

note to a MOD, Is there anyway we can have a link to the following put as stickys for each forum on this site to help spread the word.

 

Petition to: Ensure UK citizens have the right to recapture illegal bank charges up until the day a UK court find them legal.

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/general/108220-fsa-review-waiver-2.html#post1052238

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/halifax-bank-bank-scotland/108984-list-all-mps-written.html

 

Keep up the good work guys.

 

thanks kenny for the love xx

[jules1973]

I put this up on M Lewis's site. NOT ONE! NOT ONE has bothered.

Some people on this thread are doing a bl***y marvellous job!

I just don't understand we we are not getting the 'joining togehter of like minded souls'

 

 

DOS

 

I PM'd Martin Lewis at lunchtime and this is the response I have got.

 

Hi

 

Im working a slightly different way _ I plan to launch the bank charges customer charter - which i know is on CAG and will then speak to MPs once that's settled

 

martin [/end quote]

 

We claimants will keep the flag flying.

[jules1973]

I have PM'd people and have even put a thread in the abbey forum asking people to look in the general section and not just their bank forum, a few have listened and have now subscibed, we need help from the MOD's to spread the good word even further, we cannot do this ourselves without physically going into every bank forum. it is so frustrating isnt it?

[jules1973]

This is the message I have received from Cllr Linda Williams (didn’t really know whether local councillors had any clout, but thought it wouldn’t hurt to send it to them as well).

 

 

Dear xxxxxx

You have my full support as I think that the whole situation is iniquitous

and the banking world will try to ensure that they carry on making the

obscene levels of profit in one way or another.

 

 

Linda Williams

 

I also received this today from Steve Marshall.

 

]Dear xxxxxxx

 

thank you for your letter

 

]The basic issue seems to be the need for a definitive ruling on whether or not the charges are unlawful. In principle, the banks cannot be expected to behave as if a ruling exists, until it does

 

However, in situations where the economic power on one side of an argument is vastly disproportional to that on the other, there is a real possibility of injustice occurring simply as a result of the time taken, and I will certainly make this point to the appropriate authorities

 

As far as the Human Rights dimension is concerned, it is the UK Act which is relevant at present. There can be no recourse to the European Court until all stages of the UK process have been exhausted. To achieve this you would need access to specialist legal advice, so the best approach is undoubtedly via one of the pressure groups established to help people take on the banks

 

The Court, incidentally, is not an EU institution, but depends on the Council of Europe. Britain’s adherence to the Convention came via the Council of Europe, and pre-dates our entry into the EU

 

Steve Marshall

Casework Officer to Andrew Duff

Liberal Democrat MEP to the East of England

[jules1973]

Just received the following encouraging reply from a researcher to Evan Harris. Does anyone have a link to the Times article? Let's keep the pressure on!

 

Muggy

 

"

Dear Richard,

 

I shall bring the matter to the attention of Dr Harris. Your letter makes an excellent case for the bank customers. Could you send me a copy of the article from The Times 27/07 which you refer to – if you are unable to do this I could try and find it myself.

 

Yours,

 

Nat"

 

Link to article Watchdog accuses banks of lying over charges - Times Online

[jules1973]

Will do, keep up the good work everyone.

[jules1973]

If Macboy is in agreement, if we receive a reply from an MP, Local councillor or MP that agree with our cause, we could PM him the details for a list to be compliled.

 

I wasnt sure whether local councillors had an clout, but it might we worth lobbying them aswell. the more the merrier in our corner I say.

[jules1973]

This has just been posted, looks like the cases at southend are all going to be stayed (as per my letter received last week0, so my order wont be far away in the post.

 

if the judge has used his own initiative to stay the claims i cannot see that he will lift the stays, if people do object.

 

 

Re: Claims transferred to Southend...

Through the post this morning from Southend Court

 

Upon Proceedings having been issued in the High Court to determine the legality or otherwise of Bank Charges;

 

Before District Judge Dudley sitting at Southend County Court at Tylers House, etc.

 

An Upon it to the Court that this claim will be affected by the outcome of those proceedings;

IT IS ORDERED THAT

 

1. This claim be stayed until determination of the proceedings in the High Court.

2. Liberty to either party to apply on notice under CPR23 to lift the stay

3. The hearing of any application to lift the stay be reserved to District Judge Dudley

 

This order was made of the courts own initiave pursuant to CPR Part 3.3(4). You may apply to set aside, vary or stay Order but such application mustbe made within 7 days of receiving it.

 

 

Comments please, one and all, seems I got the first Southend Letter again.

[jules1973]

here are mine then so far

 

Tom Wise

UK Independence Party MEP for the Eastern Region

 

Cllr Linda Williams (lib dem for basildon)

 

 

Steve Marshall

Casework Officer to Andrew Duff

Liberal Democrat MEP to the East of England

 

NOTE 2 ARE LIB DEMS.

[jules1973]

Sorry, for a minute I thought you had put Flydale and not Ryedale, made me think of a little blue box (oh how we could do with that at the moment).

 

keep up the good work, good to see that people are emailing and the MP's are responding. I have sent a follow up email to Andrew Duff MEP (he contacted me last week) he has read the email, just waiting on response.

[jules1973]

I actually received a response from an MEP that wishes to help.

 

Dear xxxxxxx

 

Thank you for your email dated 6th August 2007, addressed to Jeffrey Titford

MEP. Mr Titford has asked me to reply on his behalf.

 

May I firstly apologise for taking a while to reply but we have had a very

large postbag and your email arrived during the holiday season, when we were

short staffed. However, I have now read your email with great interest and

can certainly understand your frustrations. We would certainly be willing

to write to the Chief Executive of the Financial Services Authority, on your

behalf, to point out to them the misery that they are causing. Before doing

that, I would be very interested to know if any of the other politicians

that you wrote to at the same time, have done the same thing. Naturally, we

are anxious to avoid duplication. Equally, if there have been any further

developments as a result of the activities of the other MEPs, it would be

useful to know the details.

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Stuart Gulleford

Political Advisor to Jeffrey Titford MEP

[jules1973]

I have replied back to him asking him to write on my behalf, I also sent him the email I had received from Andrew Duff MEP, who also said that he was going to write to the FSA and ask them their reasoning behind the waiver.

 

Hopefully, I should hear back from one of them.