30 New Canal
Salisbury
SP1 1EP
01722 326336
www. info-on-yvonne.org.uk
Agent: Ray Williams 07990 599585
Candidate: Yvonne Emmerson-Peirce
07977 491813
e-mail: yvonne@salisburylibdems.org.uk

PRESS RELEASE

"Yvonne Emmerson-Peirce challenges Robert Key head to head"

Yvonne Emmerson-Peirce today (17 May 2001) hand delivered a letter to Robert Key demanding that in open debate he defends and accounts for his 18 years as an MP for Salisbury. She says:

"People of all political persuasions are telling me that they are more than disappointed with the performance of the Conservative candidate.

They tell me that after 18 years he has failed to deliver or even secure a plan for an adequate transport solution for Salisbury even though he was a Roads Minister in Mrs Thatchers time. He is still promoting the Salisbury by-pass that his own government cancelled before the last General Election. They want action now, I will fight for an inclusive solution that includes for instance the Wylye Valley in which I lived and for whose residents I have great sympathy.

People are also concerned that the Conservative having been one of the Opposition Defence Spokesmen but having lost his position on the Defence Select Committee admitted to having been "misled" as to the future of Boscombe Down.

His inactivity and ineffectiveness as a Government Minister and recently as an opposition MP demands explanation. His recent public meeting on foot and mouth and his understanding of the needs of the local farmers has been adequately dealt with in the local press.

He (Key) epitomises the decline of the Conservative Party. I can and will do better."

Yvonne is prepared for an open debate with the Conservative Candidate to explain her policies and vision for the future of Salisbury Constituency. A venue, date and time will be announced if Key accepts the challenge.

For More information Call Ray Williams, Parliamentary Agent, 07990 588585