Check if your MP has signed up to stop boris closing HGV inspection unit

Maybe I'm not understanding the political system and checks and balances here. I wrote my Member of Parliament who, according to that website ,is Jim Fiztpatrick. This is what he wrote back.

Eh?

He's correct--EDMs are for 'ordinary' MPs to raise issues and ministers can't sign them. Still, as he says, he will follow it up, so it's very good that he's putting some political traction on it.