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Subject: NewsBulletinfromConorBurnsMP#88
Date: Thursday,5April201213:52:37UnitedKingdomTime
From: ConorBurnsMP
To: [email protected]
In this edition:
Conor Burns MPs DiaryWebsite of the Week:The Source Web
DirectoryPhoto news:Housing Minister visitsBournemouthRemploy
updateSign the e-petition:
No to the Navitus Bay WindPark off the coast of DorsetUpdate:
ProposedTescos developmentin KinsonConor in Parliament:Conor
questions CabinetOffice Minister on partyfundingConor in the
papers:MP makes case to keepopen Pooles DVLA office
Conor in the papers:3.4 million to improve bustravel in south
east DorsetHow to contactConor Burns MP
Issue 88 Thursday 5th April 2012
Since the past edition, Conor has:
Visited Bournemouth School for Boys to hold a question and
answer session with 6th Form politics students. This visit
was
arranged as a follow up to the pupils trip to the Houses of
Parliament recently.
Met with Councillors and senior managers at National Express
to discuss how to improve business in and out of
Bournemouth.
Attended a meeting with local politicians, senior council
staff
and senior staff from Dorset Fire Service to discuss the
service in the coming year.
Submitted his nomination for the Mayor of Bournemouths
Volunteer of the Yearawards.
Welcomed Grant Shapps MP, Minister for Housing to
Bournemouth. The Minister addressed local business people
at a dinner of the Sixty-Six Club.
Attended the launch of the Older Peoples Forum in
Bournemouth.
Held a meeting with Victim Support management in
Westminster to discuss supporting victims of crime.
Met with Greg Clark MP, Minister of State for Communities
and Local Government, to discuss wind farms.
Spoke in the House of Commons concerning funding for
political parties.
Attended a meeting with landlords in Bournemouth to discuss
the ongoing issues with student lettings.
Visited the Remploy in Poole to discuss the future of the
factory.
Website of the Week:
www.sourcedirectory.org.ukThe Source Web DirectoryThe Source web
directory was created through a partnership betweenPoole Borough
Council, Bournemouth Borough Council and DorsetCounty Council. With
particular focus on the elderly and adults withcare needs, Source
was produced with voluntary organisations andfocus groups working
alongside the councils. The database aims tohelp people make
positive, creative and informed choices to bettertheir quality of
life.The website provides a support, information and advice
directorygiving a wealth of information for adults living in Dorset
who need
some extra guidance. Source provides details on thousands
oforganisations and groups that can help and offer support on a
rangeof matters from housing, transport and health, to working in
thecommunity and enjoying a social life.For any further help on
accessing the information held on Sourcecontact Bournemouth Borough
Council by telephone on 01202454974, minicom on 01202 454975 or
[email protected].
Photo news:
Housing Minister visits Bournemouth
Conor, pictured with the Leader of Bournemouth CouncilCllr John
Beesley (left) and Grant Shapps MP, Minister for
Housing (centre) after he addressed the Sixty-Six Club.
Remploy update
Conor being shown around the Remploy factory in Poole.The above
photo shows Conor seeing a machine used to makebriquettes for fires
from recycled materials and the photo belowshows Conor with the end
product. These can be bought by the
public from www.sew-green.co.uk or by phoning Remploy on01202
743445 and picking them up from the factory.
Conor visited the Remploy factory again last week to discuss
thefuture of the Poole site. The factory, which is due to close
along with35 other sites, currently employs 17 people, including 15
people withdisabilities. The factory manufactures products from
recycledmaterials.The closure comes from recommendations in the
Sayce Reviewpublished in June 2011 which suggested future
Government moneyshould be used to give further support in the
community to disabledpeople rather than subsiding exclusive
projects such as Remploy.The Government has said the money saved
from Remploy will beinvested in helping disabled people into
mainstream work, for examplethrough the Access to Work scheme.
Access to Work offers extrasupport and financial help for both
employees who have a disabilityand their potential employers.
Furthermore the Department of Workand Pensions has offered
assurances to Remploy ensuring that acomprehensive package of
support is available to help any employeewho is made redundant.One
option for the Poole factory coming out the Sayce Review is
thepotential for Remploy sites to operate as businesses outside
ofGovernment control where commercially viable.
Commenting, Conor said, The proposal to close the Alder
Hillsfactory is devastating for those who work there and for their
families. Ihave however had a very positive meeting with the
factorymanagement. We are exploring the possibility of taking the
site backinto the community as some form of social enterprise, for
the benefit oflocal people. This raises a number of questions, on
which I am intouch with the Department of Work & Pensions and
the Borough ofPoole. It is crucial that factories ear-marked for
closure are givenevery chance of remaining open through
acquisition, and I want to besure that the terms and conditions
under which that could be agreedare fair to all.Last year Remploy
found jobs in mainstream employment throughout
the country for more than 20,000 people with a range of
disabilitiesand works with more than 2,500 of the countrys biggest
employersincluding BT, ASDA, Royal Mail, Sainsburys, the NHS and
Marks andSpencers.Information on the Access to Work to work scheme
can be found byclicking here.
Sign the e-petition:
No to the Navitus Bay Wind Park
off the coast of DorsetAn e-petition has been started on
theNumber 10 website urging people tovoice their opposition to the
NavitusBay Wind Park which will blight theDorset coastline with
Eneco planning tobuild 150 to 240 turbines in Poole Bay,around 10
miles from Bournemouthand Poole, and eight miles fromSwanage and
Christchurch.The petition reads, We the
undersigned are against the NavitusBay Wind Park plans off the
JurrasicCoast by Eneco , though we are all forthe needs of
renewable energy , we
just don't want this wind farm this closeto our shores. It's the
visual impact weare concerned about. Please ask thiscompany to
place it further out into seawhere it's not visible.To sign the No
to Navitus Bay e-petitionclick here.Commenting Conor said, This
petition is a chance for local people to
make their objections known about the wind park. I congratulate
thelocal people who have started the petition and I would urge
everyoneconcerned to take a minute to sign it.Mark Smith,
Bournemouths head of tourism, is quoted in theBournemouth Echo as
saying research suggests the scheme couldcost Dorset 500 of the
18,000 jobs in its tourism sector.Still at consultation stage, the
scheme will need planning permissionfrom the government. Conor
believes Bournemouth should havesome democratic input and has
arranged a meeting with ministersGreg Clark and Ed Davey to press
the case against.Speaking to the Bournemouth Echo, Conor added: We
need todiversify our energy supply for all kinds of reasons. But
there are lotsof places you can out this without it being to the
detriment of people.I had a meeting with Eneco, the company doing
the work, and I am
putting them under enormous pressure to show us some visuals
ofhow they will look.Basically as long as you cant see it, we dont
mind. If they move it asclose to the shore as they can, and build
them as high as they can,they will have a problem with us.Tourism
is the biggest employer in Bournemouth and anything thatharms it I
would be against.
I want people to sign because my big fear is that people arent
awareof whats happening, and this will creep up on us and people
will say:What did you do about it?E-petitions are an easy way for
people to challenge and influencepolicy. They can be started by
anyone, and if 100,000 people sign ane-petition then it is eligible
for debate in the House of Commons.To sign the No to Navitus Bay
e-petition click here.
Update: Proposed Tescos developmentin KinsonBournemouth Borough
Council has officially refused the planningapplication to build a
new Tescos supermarket in Kinson due to Tescoand developer HR
Properties not entering into a Section 106
Agreement with the Council. The Section 106 proposal asked for
afinancial contribution from the company for the roads surrounding
thedevelopment to mitigate the extra strain on the existing
roadinfrastructure by the extra traffic using the store. The
application,which was recommended for approval in November 2011,
wasofficially refused towards the end of March. It is understood
that a
new application will be submitted and HR Properties still plan
to beginwork at the end of next year.Commenting, Conor said, This
set back will be hugely frustrating formany local residents who are
keen to see investment in Kinson. I willcontinue to work closely
with local businesses and residents to get thebest possible outcome
for the area.
Conor in Parliament:
Conor questions Cabinet Office Minister
on party fundingMonday 26th March 2012
Click on the image above to watch Conors questionand the
Ministers reply.The text of the exchange was as follows:Conor Burns
(Bournemouth West, Conservative): Does my righthon. Friend agree
that one of the great sadnesses of the last 24 hoursis that our
politics is in the news again for all the wrong reasons? Doeshe
further agree that any settlement on the funding of political
partiesmust include the trade union movement? Lastly, does he agree
that aswell as a cap on donations, we should be looking at a
national cap onspending that will bring to an end silly spending
for pointless reasons?Francis Maude (Minister for the Cabinet
Office; Horsham,Conservative): Of course there is already a cap on
spending atelection time, but that is undoubtedly one thing that
could be lookedat. Indeed, it was looked at in the previous
discussions, and no doubtit will be on the table again.
Conor in the papers:
MP makes case to keep open
Pooles DVLA office
Melanie Vass, Daily EchoWednesday 28th March 2012There is a
compelling case for Pooles DVLA office and enforcementcentre to
remain open, an MP has claimed.Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns has
urged the government toconsider Bournemouth and Pooles significant
elderly population andsave the Bourne Gate office from closure.To
support his call, he passed on a list of difficult cases dealt with
bylocal DVLA staff in a typical weeks work. Currently motorists
travel toPoole from as far afield as Yeovil to be able to speak to
a DVLA
representative in person.These cases included:
A customer importing an Indian scooter from India which hadbeen
converted into a tricycle. He needed to show staff hispaperwork and
be advised what to do next.
A member of the armed forces registering his British
ForcesGermany vehicle over the counter.
An elderly customer who had received his tax reminder in
theprevious registration mark and had not received a
registrationdocument for the new mark.
Two customers who had bought Northern Ireland vehicles andneeded
to register and tax them.
A motorist from Salisbury who was trying to tax his vehiclewhen
an error on the DVLA record suggested his car was stilltaxed.
An elderly customer who was unable to tax her vehicle onlineas
the insurance had not been updated on her records.
In a letter to transport minister Mike Penning, Mr Burns said
theseexamples illustrated how important the local office was to
thecommunity, particularly to older customers who may be unable to
goonline.Bournemouth and Pooles significant elderly population, our
proximity
to ports at Poole and Weymouth, and the large number of
vehicledealerships in the conurbation combine to make a compelling
case forthe office to remain open, he said.
Conor in the papers:
3.4 million to improve bus travel
in south east DorsetBournemouth Echo
Sunday 1st April 2012
Bus passengers are set to reap the benefits of a
3.4millioninvestment in improving bus travel across South East
Dorset.The government funding will be used to improve real time
informationat the busiest stops, upgrade key bus stops along major
routes, tacklelocalised congestion and install audible announcement
devices onover 250 buses.The funding is the result of a successful
joint application fromBournemouth, Poole and Dorset councils,
supported by Yellow Busesand Wilts and Dorset.
Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns said yesterday: This money
notonly highlights the governments commitment to finding resources
forfrontline services even in a time of austerity, but will be
welcomed bythe thousands of residents and visitors who rely on bus
services in thetown.
Three ways to contact Conor Burns MP:
By Phone: 020 7219 7021
By email: [email protected]
By post: Conor Burns MPHouse of CommonsLondon SW1A 0AA
www.conorburns.com
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