MP responses

Sussex Wildlife Trust wrote to all the Sussex MPs on 29 September 2022 asking them to Defend Nature and meet with us. You can read what we said here.

Although some of our concerns have been addressed, there are still major issues with what the government is proposing, especially the Retained EU Law (REUL) Bill. We are continuing to meet with MPs to highlight our concerns about the government’s direction on the environment and the impact of the REUL Bill.

We are keeping a log of which MPs have responded to us and will update this weekly (last update 8/0/22). We will also keep trying with MPs we have not heard from yet.

  • Andrew Griffith (Arundel and South Downs) – Yes, but no meeting agreed
  • Caroline Ansell (Eastbourne) – No response yet
  • Caroline Lucas (Brighton Pavilion) – Yes, met 4/11/22 and at parliamentary roundtable event 16/11/22
  • Gillian Keegan (Chichester) – No response yet but spoke with staff at parliamentary roundtable event 16/11/22
  • Henry Smith (Crawley) – Yes, met 4/11/22 and at parliamentary roundtable event 16/11/22
  • Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle) – No response yet
  • Jeremy Quin (Horsham) – Yes, meeting agreed January '23
  • Lloyd Russel-Moyle (Brighton Kemptown) – No response yet but spoke with staff at parliamentary roundtable event 16/11/22
  • Maria Caulfield (Lewes) – Yes, met 29/11/22
  • Mims Davies (Mid Sussex) – No response yet but spoke with staff at parliamentary roundtable event 16/11/22
  • Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) – No response yet
  • Nus Ghani (Wealden) – No response yet
  • Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West) – No response yet but met at parliamentary roundtable event 16/11/22
  • Peter Kyle (Hove) – No response yet but spoke with staff at parliamentary roundtable event 16/11/22
  • Sally-Ann Hart (Hastings and Rye) – Yes, met 26/10/22 and at parliamentary roundtable event 16/11/22
  • Tim Loughton (Worthing East and Shoreham) – Yes, meeting agreed January '23

Received a reply you're not satisfied with?

We know some MPs have replied to emails sent by our members and supporters. If you have received a response that you are not satisfied with, please do write back to them. 

You can download suggested wording here.