P-04-619 LOCALISM IN PLANNING and COMPENSATION FOR THIRD PARTIES RE. INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS – Correspondence from the Petitioner to the Chair, 04.11.15

Mr. William Powell
Chair
Petitions Committee
4th November, 2015.

Dear Mr. Powell,

We refer to Carl Sargeant's response to our previous letter and am extremely disappointed to see that yet again he has failed to answer the points
we had raised. This clearly demonstrates the complete distain that he shows for us and our fellow Petitioners.
Despite having all the resources to answer our detailed points he chooses to make points that fail to address our heartfelt concerns.
On a personal note we would have liked to thank you for your initial encouragement in raising this Petition. However we see no evidence from you or your Committee (except Russell George) in supporting our case-it appears that you purely open our letters and pass them on to the Minister. What actually is the point of that-are you purely acting as a letter forwarding service?
We would, at the very least, expected you would have made representations to the Minister and his office for failing to answer our concerns?
However seeing the comments you made in the County Times following Amber Rudd's announcements on the Wind Farm Inquiry, clearly showed your opposition to the very real concerns of our Petitioners and the wider community (whom as our AM you are supposed to be representing) who have been fighting these infrastructure projects for many years.

Yours very sincerely

Michael Halsey.