LABOUR PARTY
GERALDINE SMITH
website Labour Party Offices, 26/28 Victoria Street, Morecambe LA4 4DR tel: 01524 411367
email: pfarrell@blueyonder.co.uk

Geraldine Smith's Morecambe office has promised to send us her replies. We will post them when they arrive.

Introduction:

What's the best thing about the area?

And the worst?

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

Do you support plans for the Northern Bypass?

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

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

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?

What other ways could government better aid local services?

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

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

What is your position on the war in Iraq?

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?

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

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.

Hilton Dawson has been very accessible to constituents, helping many individuals obtain crucial services and opportunities. His predecessor Elaine Kellet-Bowman was rarely to be seen. If elected, how accessible do you plan to be to your constituents?

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?

Fox-hunting and hare coursing - for or against?

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

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

- And what one thing makes you the happiest?