Letters From MP Dai Davies to Ministers Following UNISON Lobbies

HOUSING

DAI DAVIES
Member of Parliament for Blaenau Gwent
PLEASE REPLY TO-
Constituency Office, 24 James Street, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent NP23 63G
Tel: 01495 304569 Fax: 01495 306908

Our Ref DD

Yvette Cooper
Mister of State for Housing and Planning
Eland House
Bressenden Place
London
SW1E 5DU

11th July 2007

Dear Minister,

I am writing following the Prime Ministers Legislative Programme Statement and the content of the programme relating to affordable housing.

I support the principle of shared equity and a review of the number of years a mortgage can be taken over. The main problem I have is that in Constituencies like mine with an average combined household income of twenty thousand pounds, the average house price is one hundred and ten thousand pounds.

Please can you confirm, or otherwise, that the Government is considering the Unison Trade Union campaign for the fourth option of providing affordable homes which would allow Local Authorities to borrow money and obtain grants to repair existing housing stock and build new Council owned houses.

I would be grateful for any information you can provide on this issue.

Yours sincerely

Dai Davies MP

Please contact: Joanne Thomas, Office Manager.
Tel: Ebbw Vale (01495) 304569 Fax 01495) 306908
e-mail: daviesdc@parliament.uk

EQUAL PAY

DAI DAVIES
Member of Parliament for Blaenau Gwent

PLEASE REPLY TO-
Constituency Office, 24 James Street, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent NP23 6JG
Tel: 01495304569 Fax: 01495306908

Our Ref DD

Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP
Secretary of State for Communities
And Local Government
Eland House
Bressenden Place
London
SWIE 5DU

11 July2007

Dear Secretary of State,

I am writing following a Lobby of Parliament by the Unison Trade Union concerning the long running campaign for equal pay for women.

It is unacceptable in the twenty first century for men and women carrying out same or similar work to be in receipt of differing rates of pay.

This situation needs the intervention of Central Government to provide the mechanism and funds for the eradication of this unjust and unfair practice.

I would be grateful for any information you can provide on this issue.

Yours sincerely

Dai Davies MP

Please contact: Joanne Thomas. Office Manager.
Tel: Ebbw Vale (01495) 304569 Fax 01495) 306908
e-mail: daviesdc@parliament.uk