Fighting for a fair deal for Cornwall

Fighting for a fair deal for Cornwall

As Member of Parliament for North Cornwall, I am proud to represent the community I grew up in. I still live here, and I’m now raising my own family in Bodmin, with my wife, Heidi.

This website allows people to observe my work both in Parliament and in all the different parts of North Cornwall. The constituency has seventy parishes and I try to get to all of them regularly, to meet residents, and to listen to their concerns, so I can raise the issues that matter to people here when I speak up for us in Westminster.

Representing the people of North Cornwall in Parliament is an honour and contact with my constituents is key. On this site you will find details of how to contact me in person, by email or by post. Please contact me if there are any issues that you would like me to pursue on your behalf.

- Dan Rogerson.

Cornish Lib Dem MPs unite against regional pay

Cornish Lib Dem MPs unite against regional pay

Cornwall’s Liberal Democrat MPs Andrew George, Stephen Gilbert and Dan Rogerson have made clear their opposition to varying public sector pay in different parts of the country.

Mr George, Mr Gilbert and Mr Rogerson were among 22 Lib Dem MPs who wrote to the Guardian newspaper on Wednesday to oppose regional public sector pay and to welcome the Deputy Prime Minister’s assurance this week that the Government would not enact regional pay variations for the public sector.

Commenting, North Cornwall’s MP Dan Rogerson, said:

“Clearly the Government is doing its job by keeping public sector pay under review. However, I believe the arguments in favour of any form of regional pay to be flawed in that they take further money out of economically hard-pressed regions of the UK and inevitably help to overheat the economy around London and the South East.

“The Government is right to be working to stimulate jobs in the private sector – but it isn’t necessary to change public sector pay in order for these new opportunities to come forward.”

The MP for St Austell and Newquay, Stephen Gilbert, added:

“Local pay threatens to institutionalise the structural problems in the Cornish economy where we have lower than national average wages but have higher than national average costs on housing, water and fuel. We need to work to close this gap and we will not do so by a rush to the bottom in public sector pay.

Press Releases

Cornish Lib Dem MPs unite against regional pay

Friday, May 18, 2012 ·

Cornwall’s Liberal Democrat MPs Andrew George, Stephen Gilbert and Dan Rogerson have made clear their opposition to varying public sector pay in different parts of the country.

Rogerson renews efforts to save the great British pub

Thursday, May 17, 2012 ·

North Cornwall’s MP Dan Rogerson has redoubled efforts to stand up for local pubs as he marked the third anniversary of Parliament’s ‘Save the Pub’ group.

Special Educational Needs overhaul to help children in Cornwall

Thursday, May 17, 2012 ·

Cornwall’s Liberal Democrat MPs have welcomed an announcement this week by Children’s Minister, Sarah Teather MP, that parents of children who need extra help to do well in school are to get a new legal right to buy-in specialist Special Educational Needs (SEN) and disabled care.

Coalition Government right to improve and invest NHS maternity care, says Rogerson

Thursday, May 17, 2012 ·

Lib Dem MP Dan Rogerson has welcomed government’s pledge to improve maternity care and services.

Local MP attends charity golf day

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 ·

Dan Rogerson, Liberal Democrat MP for North Cornwall, has attended the 4th annual charity golf day at Lanhydrock in aid of Motor Neurone Disease.

Protection of Freedoms Act is landmark achievement in fight for civil liberties say Cornwall’s Lib Dem MPs

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 ·

Cornish Liberal Democrat MPs Andrew George, Stephen Gilbert and Dan Rogerson have welcomed a landmark move to roll back Labour’s surveillance state.