A chance for all bankrupts to change your life - Your help needed!

DON79

I have sent off various emails now too and personalised it a little. had a few automated replies but will post if I get anything back.

DON79

Had this reply back already from one of my MEP's.

You want UK laws to be changed. But I am your MEP, working for you in the European Parliament in Brussels where we make EU cross-border laws (not inside-UK laws) for all of Europe. For inside-UK laws to be changed, the EU has no say. You need to persuade your local MP at the House of Commons and, the other 640 MPs too, to do that.

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DON79 wrote: »

Had this reply back already from one of my MEP's.



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What a patronising, horrible response! I'd be tempted to reply back saying we want legislation to be pushed through to change the lives of bankrupts across Europe, and other MEP's who have been contacted have been far more positive to investigate what EU legislation can be used to override UK law.

They obviously got out of bed the wrong side before writing that.

iquit

Are we writing to the same bunch of expense grabbing people who were in the news and asking them to give a d*mn? I will write because I believe in the cause but won't hold my breath that those in their well polished ivory towers will care enough to action change on our behalf.

nomis21

I think we have to focus on whom we are sending these letters two and how it will have the most impact. Would i be right in saying your local MP would have more of an impact than an MEP.

debtinfo

I think the problem is that bankruptcy covers a whole range of people, people who are bankrupt through no fault of their own (change in circumstances), People who know that it was there fault although not intentionally (bad money management) and people who will be trying to take advantage of the system. The IS has to balance removing the stigma for most bankrupts with protecting the public from the few. The enterprise act 2002 helped with this regard bringing bankruptcy down to a year or less for most whilst introducing BRO's for up to 15 years for the few. I think that as there are so many more bankruptcies at the moment in the near future that the stigma will slowlly abate when the economy picks up.

PixiePie

blind-as-a-bat wrote: »

If they start losing votes they would, Br numbers may have increased, but i doubt there is enough, unless every BR got behind it, even then i am not sure there is enough

What City-slicker has opened my eyes to though is that this isn't just something about the actual person who went BR, it can affect someone who hasn't gone BR but is related to/lives together with someone who went BR years and years ago. To be honest, if I went BR when I was 21 and then met and married someone when I was 65, would I mention to them I was BR when I was 21? I might well not, as it was such a long time ago, yada yada - but it can have serious implications as the story about the son and parents claiming on the insurance shows.

So people who themselves haven't gone BR might similarly be interested in a change in the law and lobby their representatives to get a change as well (ie all the friends and family of us lot!). Everything starts small.....

YamahaR6

I've just has this response to an email I sent to Nick Palmer.


"Dear Ms *****,

Thank you for your email, raising an important issue that I've not encountered before. I'll be glad to discuss it with the Minister responsible and will ask for a full written response which I'll pass back to you as soon as I receive it.

I'm always pleased to find constituents on email, as I can give them a better service. I send roughly weekly local and national news updates, not very partisan in style (the idea is to be useful rather than propagandist), and ask for feedback to help me represent constituents' views accurately. Would you like to receive them?

Yours sincerely

Nick Palmer MP"

antarctica

Thats a nice response yamaha

mustbedebtfree

Dear Miss MBDF*

Thank you for contacting me with regard too query over bankruptcy.

I have contacted the Scottish Parliment Information Service to ascertain the answers to your questions and i will beback in touch as soon as i receive a response.

In the meantime, if you feel that i can be of assistance with any other matters, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

Brian Adam MSP
Aberdeen North