What problems can my MP help me with?

What problems can my MP help me with?

Oona King (Author and Former Member of Parliament) gives expert video advice on: Who was your boss?; How much do MPs earn?; Do all MPs get the same salary? and more...

Your MP can help you with many problems but they can do it in different ways. Many MP traditionally don't help with housing problems simply because, in this area for instance, there are twenty thousand people on the housing waiting list. If they all write to their MP, it doesn't really make that much difference. Where it makes a difference is when an organization, an authority hasn't fulfilled their obligation, an MP is able to step in and say, if it is the case, and the housing authority hasn't done this, local government hasn't done that, if you feel that there has been a miscarriage of justice, an MP is in a position to take that case up. Also an MP is in a position to raise your views in Parliament, so I often would get debates from my constituents on issues that I thought were important. That might range from a social behaviour, learning disabilities and speech and language therapy. Literally the subject matter is as wide as all debate that goes on in Britain.