Dear John,

The Trade Bill will soon return to the House of Commons, where MPs will have an opportunity to vote to ensure they get the power to scrutinise trade deals before they are signed and reject them if they include our NHS.

Today, we are launching our Scrutiny Pledge, and we need you to email your MP right now, especially if they're Conservative, and ask them to take the pledge. 

Passing the scrutiny amendment means that the public and parliament will be able to see the details of any future trade deals, and campaign or vote against anything that would see our public services, especially our NHS, being further privatised.

In July, the House of Commons voted down a scrutiny amendment tabled by the Conservative MP for Huntingdon, Jonathan Djanogly. At that time, 12 Conservatives did the right thing and rebelled against their party by voting for it. Now we want more of them to rebel and vote for scrutiny. 

The margins of success on this amendment are likely to be very slim, so every email sent to an MP is going to be absolutely crucial.

We have been campaigning for both the scrutiny amendment and the NHS protection amendment. But it is very important to keep in mind that the scrutiny amendment is also crucial to protecting the NHS as it gives MPs the power to scrutinise and reject deals if they include our NHS.

Getting concrete commitments from MPs to back the scrutiny amendment allows us to get a clear sense of the amount of support the amendment has and its chances of passing. Knowing their voting intention will allow us to redouble our efforts, if need be, in time to force more MPs to do the right thing and vote for the power to protect our NHS.

Take 2 mins to email your MP and ask them to take the pledge. The margins of success on this amendment are likely to be very slim, so every email sent to an MP is going to be absolutely crucial.

Solidarity

Cat, Johnbosco, Alice, Chris and Pascale - the We Own It Team

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