Tessa Munt, has been campaigning against the National Grid’s inadequate consultation with local residents on its hugely unpopular proposals to erect huge pylons right across the Somerset countryside. The National Grid wants to run a new 400,000 volt power supply on 152 ft high pylons from Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Station to Seabank in Avonmouth. [...]

Tessa is focused on turning around Somerset’s decision to reduced opening hours and charge for some recycling in the counties centres. She recently wrote this letter to interested constituents. Dear Friend, I’m sending you this information as you have previously contacted me on Somerset County Council policies and I thought this would be of interest [...]

Statement from Tessa Munt about the proposed closure of Somerset Libraries I’d firstly like to quote the Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles, from mid December 2010: “Before we see libraries cut and all these kinds of things, I want to see councils merge their back office functions.  I would like to see them sharing chief [...]

Local MP Tessa Munt met concerned residents, parents and teachers in September outside St Vigor and John Primary School in Chilcompton after the recent removal of a speed camera outside the school on the busy B3139 road. Until recently, the B3139 had three speed cameras in Chilcompton, including the one situated outside the school. Many [...]

Tessa recently wrote this letter to the Rt Hon Caroline Spelman, Secretary of State at DEFRA. The Future of the Public Forest Estate in England – a Letter from Tessa Munt MP to the Secretary of State at DEFRA   The Future of the Public Forest Estate in England I was alarmed to discover that [...]

Tessa has had a busy few weeks, taking up the cause of Axbridge victims of the failure of Crown Currency Exchange (CCE) Nick & Larissa Fry and several other local families.  Tessa is hoping to organise a meeting between Action Against Crown Currency Exchange’s members and Treasury Minister, Mark Hoban MP who has responsibility for [...]

Tessa is very concerned about early proposals to exploit the Mendip Hills with Gas Shale Mining. Tessa sent this further letter to Ed Davey on 26th April 2012. Dear Ed,  I write regarding the Shale Gas Extraction process (Fracking), I have some further questions on which I would appreciate your thoughts.  I was pleased to [...]

Tessa recently spoke in parliament about Somerset’s Surving The Winter Appeal. Tessa and Justin Seargent pictured here visiting Mrs Liz Ounsted of Wells who has given up her winter fuel allowance to the charity. The Surviving Winter Appeal is a wonderful initiative which calls on all those who can afford it to forego all or [...]