Survey resultsHere is a summary of responses to previous questions I have asked my
email group: In principle, do you agree with the proposal for a ‘Robin Hood Tax’?YES: 56% - NO: 40% - DON'T KNOW: 4%
Click here to read the full results What is the best way to finance future social care needs?NHS type scheme: 64%; Means-tested scheme: 14% Private Insurance: 13%; Other: 10%
Click here to read the full results “Do you support the proposal for a temporary 50p per month levy on telephone line rentals to pay for high speed broadband to be made available everywhere in Britain by 2017?”YES: 32% - NO: 64% - DON'T KNOW: 4%
Click here to read the full results “What should I ask the Prime Minister at Prime Minister's Question Time on 6th May 2009?"Click here to read what I asked “Do you support plans to change the rules on organ donation so that you are presumed to have given consent to organ donation unless you actively opt out?”YES: 68% - NO: 31% - DON'T KNOW: 1%
Click here to read the full results Do you, in principle, support the provisions in the HFE Bill which will allow the creation of ‘saviour siblings’ in a wider range of circumstances?YES: 56% - NO: 39% - DON'T KNOW: 6%
Click here to read the full results What should be Gordon Brown's top priority?I asked
my consultation group for their views
on the priorities for the new Prime Minister. From the list that I supplied of possible top priorities, the top
replies together with numbers of ‘votes’ cast were as follows: Click here for more on the results Do you support, in principle, the idea of a barrage across the Severn in order to generate electricity?YES: 85% - NO: 15%
Click here to read the full results Should Britain undertake a green tax shift, raising taxes on carbon emissions and other pollutants, whilst reducing other taxes?YES: 79% - NO: 21%
Click here to read the full results Do you think that the UK should retain its nuclear weapons capability when the Trident system reaches the end of its life?YES: 60% - NO: 40%
Click here to read the full results Do you support the ID card scheme that the Home Secretary is proposing?YES: 12% - NO: 88%
Click here to read the full results Is the licence fee the best way to pay for the BBC?YES: 68% - NO: 32%
I wrote to the Chairman of the BBC with the results of this survey and received a detailed 3-page reply, signed by the Chairman, with a point by point response to the issues that were raised by my constituents. Click here to read his letter. Would a local income tax be fairer than the council tax?YES: 75% - NO: 25%
Click here to read the full results Should the local water company add fluoride to our water supply if a majority of local people support this in a public consultation?YES: 48.5% - NO: 51.5%
Click here to read the full results Do you support the Government's strategy of allowing universities to charge "top-up" tuition fees in order to raise extra money?YES: 20% - NO: 80%
Click here to read the full results Should the building of new nuclear power stations be part of Britain's long-term energy strategy?YES: 44% - NO: 56%
Was the Chancellor right to increase National Insurance Contributions to raise extra money for the NHS?YES: 66% - NO: 34%
Should there be trials of genetically modified crops on farms in South Gloucestershire?YES: 36% - NO: 64%
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