CONSERVATIVE
	PARTY
JAMES AIREY
website 12 Tram Lane, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2BQ tel: 01524 411059
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Introduction:

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What's the best thing about the area?

NATURAL BEAUTY AND HERITAGE. FRIENDLY PEOPLE

And the worst?

TRAFFIC CONGESTION

What local issues do you consider the most pressing at this time?

REGENERATION OF MORECAMBE, HEYSHAM AND CARNFORTH

Do you support plans for the Northern Bypass?

WE DESPERATELY NEED A BY-PASS

What are your feelings about the plans for a gas storage facility being built in the Wyre?

NOT APPLICABLE

What one policy change do you think government should make that would most benefit local residents?

RESTORING THE LINK BETWEEN PENSIONS AND WAGES

Our council seems to be making a lot of cuts in services but council tax still rises. Do you think council tax is a fair way to generate local tax revenues and if not, what should take its place?

FAIREST SYSTEM AVAILABLE CURRENTLY. MAKE SURE MONEY SPENT WISELY ON SERVICES AND RISES IN COUNCIL TAX KEPT TO BARE MINIMUM

What other ways could government better aid local services?

DEVOLVE MORE MONEY AND POWER TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO DEAL WITH LOCAL SERV ICES

There is talk of cuts to free bus school services. What is your position on public transport?
Has privatisation of buses and trains worked?

PUBLIC TRANSPORT NEEDS MORE INVESTMENT AND SUPPORT PARTICULARLY IN RURAL AREAS

What do you feel are the major issues affecting the region as a whole?

COCKLING ; TRANSPORT

What is your position on the war in Iraq?

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The Lancaster and Morecambe area has a large number of students. Given the decline in the number of people voting at elections, how would you try to get them involved in the democratic process?

STIMULATE THEM; MEET THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO VOTE

How do you respond to the challenge of far right parties such as the new England First Party and the BNP in the area?

SO FAR THEY HAVE FAIED TO IMPRESS THE ELCTORATE WHO HAVE MORE SENSE THAN TO VOTE FOR THEM

Mental illness is on the rise but Mental Health services have been drastically cut in this area - acute admission wards at the Ridge Hospital were closed without consultation, resulting in already disoriented patients now being routinely shipped off as far as Barrow for lengthy in-patient stays. A garden centre scheme providing employment for learning-disabled people is also under threat of closure for the same reason - the land is being sold off for redevelopment. How do you view the future of health resources in this area, and what action, if any, would you take to improve them.

CUT OUT RED TAPE AND BUREAUCRACY; SUPPORT RETENTION OF PICCADILLY GARDENS

If elected, how accessible do you plan to be to your constituents?

AS A LOCAL PERSON I WILL BE VERY ACCESSIBLE RUNNING THE OFFICE IN MORECAMBE AND HOLD REGULAR SURGERIES THROUGHOUT THE CONSTITUENCY

According to the government's scientific advisor, global warming is more of a threat to the country than terrorism - how do you expect it to change our lives and how do you plan to help us minimise the damage and prepare best for these changes?

MAKE PEOPLE MORE AWARE OF RE-CYCLING AND GREEN ISSUES; TERRORISM IS STILL THE BIGGEST THREAT

Fox-hunting and hare coursing - for or against?

FOR FOX HUNTING

What one thing do you personally hope to achieve should you get elected as MP?

WORKING IN WESTMINSTER AND THE LOCAL AREA FOR THE BENEFIT OF MY ELECTORATE

What one thing irritates you most as a person...

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS

- And what one thing makes you the happiest?

MY SON