Reply from Stephen Metcalfe MP

Below is the full text of the reply I received from Stephen Metcalfe MP with regards to my request for his help with my MP, Jackie Doyle-Price.
As I suspected, he is unwilling to assist me and has hidden behind official protocol rather than trying to make a difference.
Dear Mr Cook,
Thank you for your email.
While I understand your concern that my colleague has not responded in the manner you would wish, I am sure you will appreciate it is not for one Member of Parliament to tell another how to deal with their constituents.
Indeed there is a strict parliamentary protocol that stops one Member of Parliament from dealing with another MPs constituents.
Thank you again for your email.
Yours sincerely
Stephen Metcalfe
Member of Parliament for South Basildon & East Thurrock
I have sent the following reply.
Dear Mr Metcalfe,
Thank you for your reply. I did not think that you would help me but at least you had the decency to reply which is more than Ms Doyle-Price does.
I was hoping that you would be willing to spread some of the good practice you do to others regardless of official protocol but I am not surprised that you have declined.
Thank you again for your response.
Regards,
Myles Cook
I'm not expecting a reply but, if I get one, I post it right here on this blog.

A plea to my neighbouring MP

Below is the full text, apart from the removal of my friend’s name, of a letter to Stephen Metcalfe, the Parliamentary representative of the neighbouring constituency to mine.  I don’t really expect a reply or any help as Parliamentary etiquette demands that MPs only take on cases for their own constituents but you never know.

Dear Mr Metcalfe,

I am writing to ask for your help in a delicate matter.  I am not actually one of your constituents but I am a resident of Thurrock who is having trouble with your Parliamentary colleague, Jackie Doyle-Price.

I was told by a friend of mine, ___________, who is a regular correspondent with yourself that, regardless of the amount of e-mails he sends you, you always acknowledge receipt of each one and provide a reply to each one as well.  This being the case, I thought I would approach you with my problem in the fervent hope that you may be able to have a discrete word with Ms Doyle-Price.

I sent a lot of e-mails to Ms Doyle-Price and not only did she not acknowledge receipt of them in most cases but she has not replied to any of the points I raised with her.  In fact, her only reply accused me of overt hostility and failed to answer any of the points I brought up in any of the e-mails.  I admit that the e-mails are strongly worded and assertive but none could be considered hostile.  Ms Doyle-Price stated that "I have no need of a pen friend" and that she was "under no obligation to indulge" the correspondence which she believed was "becoming unpleasantly hostile" in "tone and volume".

Ms Doyle-Price also sent me an Easy Read leaflet on the role of an MP despite the fact that, as you can see, I am rather an articulate writer and not someone with a learning difficulty.

If you are willing to intercede in this matter, I am willing to send you copies of all the correspondence to which I refer together with scans of Ms Doyle-Price's letters.

Regards,

Myles Cook

As usual, any reply I get will be posted here on this blog.