David Ruffley MP is meeting local church leaders on Friday 18 July at 3.00pm at Garland Street Baptist Church, Bury St Edmunds, at the invitation of the Reverend Robert Green. The meeting is open to all denominations.

David keeps in regular contact with church leaders and their congregations throughout his constituency through meetings, correspondence and attending church services.

The meeting will provide an opportunity for church leaders to raise with David questions about the role of Christian faith in national life, in moral and ethical matters as well as local issues that impact on the role of the Church locally.

David said: 'I value my dialogue with church leaders on a wide range of issues, not only on religious, moral and ethical issues but also local issues. They have their finger on the pulse of their parish and alert me to issues of concern among their congregation or the wider local community.

'I look forward to a lively debate on issues ranging from human fertilisation and embryology to the highly topical debate on women bishops.'