FAQs - Jack Perschke

Poverty and Climate Change...

To take each issue in turn: 1) Climate We recognise that climate change is already hitting some of the poorest people in the world, and urgent action is needed to cut emissions and help protect people from the impact of rising temperatures. David Cameron has made this a personal priority of his. We have signed up to the 10:10 campaign, and committed to cutting UK government emissions by 10% within 12 months...

Probation Service...

We agree that community sentences, with meaningful sanctions for non-compliance, have a role to play in both the punishment and rehabilitation of offenders, and we are concerned that Labour has repeatedly demoralized probation officers with bureaucracy and warped targets. Probation officers spend on average less than a quarter of their time on contact work with offenders, and NOMS has failed in its objectives of creating...

IFAWs in Action ‘Missing a Voice’ campaign...

Conservatives are strongly committed to raising animal welfare standards and improving conservation, both here in the UK and internationally. We urgently need to face up to the impact on wildlife from the degradation of ecosystems, the world’s current unsustainable demand for resources, the dangers of climate change, and a damaging illegal wildlife trade. We need to find new ways to help endangered species and habitats...

Back the Bid 2018...

I fully back the 2018 bid and have already publically expressed my support for doing so.

Lobbying Transparency...

I very much agree that tough steps are needed to clean up politics, including tackling the problems associations with lobbying. In February, David Cameron said: ‘[Lobbying] is the next big scandal waiting to happen. It’s an issue that crosses party lines and has tainted our politics for too long, an issue that exposes the far-too-cosy relationship between politics, government, business and money… I believe that...

Frequently Asked Questions...

I settled down to answer 150 email queries this afternoon. This didn’t seem like a sensible way to operate - particularly as many of the questions are identical emails forwarded by multiple constituents. However, people have taken the trouble to get in touch and I want to answer their queries. I want people to make the most informed choice possible at the next election. To help deliver that information,...

Vote4animals ‘Protecting Animals in Democracy’...

Conservatives are strongly committed to raising animal welfare standards in the UK and internationally. We established the Farm Animal Welfare Council, an independent advisory body which reviews the welfare of farm animals and advises Government of changes necessary. We called for the Animal Welfare Act, worked hard to improve the legislation, and now believe the legislation must be properly enforced. We support...

Protect the BBC...

I do not believe it is for politicians to comment on individual editorial or programming decisions so I cannot commit to opposing the BBC’s plans to cut certain programmes or networks. These are matters for the BBC themselves. I can, however, say that Conservatives unequivocally support the BBC and the role it plays. We will protect public service broadcasting in this country as well as the BBC’s ongoing independence....

PCS Public Services Pledge...

As David Cameron has explained: “instead of using public servants as scapegoats we should acknowledge their successes. Instead of constantly beating up on the public sector and telling it to be more like the private sector, let’s be more reasonable and constructive” (Speech to the National Consumer Council, 6 June 2006). Conservatives have always focused, rightly, on giving taxpayers value for money. But we also...

Climate Change and Carbon Emissions...

Conservatives are acutely aware of the threat posed to our way of life, our economy and our environment from dangerous climate change. From the very beginning of his leadership of the Conservative Party, David Cameron made clear that Britain must take a position of leadership on the global – as well as our own – environment. Conservatives were the first Party to call for a Climate Change Bill and worked hard to...

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