{"id":2003,"date":"2012-02-21T14:17:19","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T14:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xsf.stakeholderforum.org\/2012\/02\/21\/ask-your-mp-hoc-debate\/"},"modified":"2012-02-21T14:17:19","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T14:17:19","slug":"ask-your-mp-hoc-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sf.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/ask-your-mp-hoc-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask your MP to attend a parliamentary debate on Rio+20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday 28<sup>th<\/sup> February,  a debate on Rio+20 motioned by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC)  will take place from 19:00 in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This  will involve MPs from a wide range of parties and constituencies  putting questions to the government on the wide range of issues on the  table at Rio+20 and how they are directly relate to UK policies and  interests around sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>What we are asking from you, therefore, is to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.writetothem.com\" rel=\"noopener\">contact your MP<\/a> urging  them to take part in the debate and suggest any key issues or questions  you would like to see them raise. Please also ensure you include the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"..\/fileadmin\/files\/HoC Debate - Rio+20 - breifing note for MPs FINAL.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">briefing note\/a hyperlink to the briefing note<\/a> we  have created in your email. The briefing note will also give you a good  idea about some of the key things you might want your MP to ask  questions on.<\/p>\n<p>Should  you wish, members of the public will be able watch the debate from the  public gallery. You do not need an official invitation, simply arrive at  the Cromwell Green visitor entrance and head to the Central Lobby where  they will be escorted to the gallery. More information is available  here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/visiting\/directions\/layout\/\">http:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/visiting\/directions\/layout\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This  is a really excellent opportunity to raise both public and government  awareness around Rio+20 and the issues which you think are most  important to both the UK and the wider world, as well as putting  pressure on David Cameron to attend the conference itself, so your help  in getting as many MPs to attend is crucial!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday 28th February, a debate on Rio+20 motioned by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) will take place from 19:00 in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sf.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sf.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sf.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sf.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sf.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sf.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sf.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sf.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sf.stakeholderforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}