Parliamentary campaigns

Caroline Flint has already a considerable record of parliamentary campaigning:

An Airport at Finningley - Caroline Flint campaigned to have the previous Conservative government's designation of the former RAF Finningley site for a future prison scrapped by the incoming Labour Government. She then pressed Ministers to have the site sold off for aviation to maximise the impact of the site on Doncaster's regeneration. Caroline Flint presented a 21,000 signature petition to parliament in support of the airport. In November 2002, she led MPs and supporters to present 36,000 letters to the Prime Minister. The petitions and letters were overwhelmingly collected by the FLY campaign - Finningley Locals say Yes. After seven years of campaigning, the site was been approved for an international airport. Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield opened in April 2005. By June 2006, it reached its 1 millionth passenger, serving 40 destinations, including the USA and Caribbean. From 2007, it's scheduled flights will include Canada and Pakistan.

Crime - Caroline Flint has pressed for swifter use of anti-social behaviour orders, for greater powers to curb motorbike nuisance and secured more protection for witnesses in rape trials. She has pressed for a review of the law on provocation. Caroline has always supported tougher action on drug-related crime and as a Home Office Minister launched Doncaster's Drug Intervention Programme in 2004.

Environment - Caroline Flint secured Government support to end peat extraction on Thorne & Hatfield Moors, bringing to an end 50 years of destruction of rare peatlands. The sites will be restored for nature conservation and developed for education and tourism. In 2006, the whole of Thorne & Hatfield Moors was incorporated into the Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve, an area of 2,887 hectares.