7/29/2019 News Bulletin From Conor Burns MP #106
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In this edition:
Conor Burns MPs DiaryWebsite of the week:Challenge NavitusConor
in the media:
Conor debates Britain'sfuture relationship with theEU on BBC
Daily PoliticsConor visits local traindepotPhoto news:Conor at the
BAFTAsConor in the papers:Time to tackle high-stakesgambling
machines?Photo news:Princess Royal at Let Me
Work ReceptionPhoto news:Fernheath Play AssociationConor in the
papers:Tories lose crunch vote onreformsPhoto news:Conor meets Mark
Selbyand Neil RobertsonHow to contactConor Burns MP
Issue 106 Thursday 28th February 2013
Since the past edition, Conor has:
Visited South West Trains Bournemouth depot to see the
work of their multimillion spending programme.
Been quoted in the Bournemouth Echo regarding high stakesslot
machines.
Attended LiveabilitysLet Me Work campaign reception with
HRH The Princess Royal in the House of Lords.
Visited the Bourne Academy for a tour with staff and a
question and answer session with students.
Been quoted in City A.M. about coalition politics.
Attended theYouth Parliament elections in Poole.
Held help and advice surgeries at Bournemouth University
and Kinson Hub.
Addressed the Conservatives South West RegionalConference held
in Bournemouth.
Attended the BAFTA awards in London in his capacity as a
member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.
Appeared on BBC 2s Daily Politics discussing Britains
relationship with Europe.
Met with senior staff at Bournemouth University to discuss
graduate retention in the region.
Attended the BRIT Awards in London in his capacity as a
member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.
Visited Fernheath Play in West Howe.
Website of the week:
www.challengenavitus.org.ukThe website of Challenge
NavitusChallenge Navitus is a campaign group set up by the public
toexamine, scrutinise and block the proposed windfarm off the
Dorsetcoast. The group provides alternative pictures, graphics and
videos ofthe windfarm, and offers further information to local
people than thatprovided by Navitus Bay Development Limited (NCDL).
The websitealso gives people instruction about how to register
their opposition tothe windfarm. Indeed, there is currently a
consultation underway
which is taking views from the public until April 5 th.Conor
recently wrote to NBDL asking why they thought local
peoplesconcerns had been addressed by their announcement that the
numberor turbines had been reduced (although they have previously
refusedto say how many there were going to be), that the height had
beenreduced (although they had previously refused to say how high
theywere going to be), and that the distance from the shore had
beenincreased (although they had previously refused to say how far
from
the shore the windfarm would be).
Conor in the media:
Conor debates Britain's future relationship
with the EU on BBC Daily Politics
Click on the image above to watch Conors appearance on theBBCs
Daily Politics programme.
Conor visits local train depot
Conor being shown around the works at the BournemouthTraincare
Depot in Westbourne.
Conor visited Bournemouth Traincare Depot in Westbourne
recently,to see their multimillion pound spending programme in
action.
The Bournemouth plant, built in 1966, will carry out a 23
millionoverhaul of South West Trains entire class 455 fleet which
operatesuburban routes around London. South West Trains won the
contractto refurbish the fleet, which are leased to them by
Porterbrook,
towards the end of last year.As well as bringing the total
number employed on the site to over 100,the investment has seen the
building of a 3.2 million paint shed forthe depot. This will mean
Bournemouth will become a one stop shopfor the painting of South
West Trains trains.Commenting after the visit Conor said, I
congratulate South WestTrains in securing this investment and am
delighted with the local jobsit has created. I was hugely impressed
by the professionalism of thestaff and the decision to refurbish
the trains here in Bournemouthrightly reflects the high quality
work they do.
Conor discussing the South West Trains multi-million
poundspending programme at the Bournemouth Traincare Depot in
Westbourne.
Photo news:
Conor at the BAFTAs
Conor pictured with BAFTA Tom Litten who starred in the
BAFTAwinning film Swimmer, part of which was filmed in Dorset.
Conor in the papers:Time to tackle high-stakes
gamblingmachines?Bournemouth Echo
Tuesday 29th January 2013
An MP has vowed to help reviewthe issue of addictive high
stakesslot machines amid claims puntersare spending 1.17m per day
in Dorset.
The Campaign for Fairer Gambling says 427 million was fed
intohigh-stakes betting machines at bookmakers across
parliamentaryconstituencies in and surrounding Bournemouth and
Poole last year.The Association of British Bookmakers has dismissed
the figures asflawed because they are based on estimates of
turnover at themachines rather than actual money spent.But the
Campaign maintains that a change is needed to lower themaximum
spend in each machine. At the moment, gamblers can stakeup to 100
every 20 seconds. The CFG would like that reduced to 2and the time
between games increased.
Conor Burns is Conservative MP for Bournemouth West, wherethe
figures estimate that 118m spent in just 80 machines morethan 4,000
per machine perday, the highest in the region.Mr Burns said the
Commons Culture and Media Select Committee, ofwhich he is a member,
is looking at a draft of a new gambling bill inparliament.He said:
These machines are highly addictive and are particularlyprofitable
as they return so little to those who are putting money intothem.We
are looking into this as a committee.Mr Burns said in the economic
downturn people are increasinglyattracted to the get rich fast
options.The ABB claims 97 per cent of cash inserted into the
machines is paidback out but the Campaign for Fairer Gambling
disagrees.427, 074, 527 was estimated to be spent across the
parliamentaryconstituencies of Bournemouth East, Bournemouth West,
Poole, MidDorset and North Poole, Christchurch, South Dorset and
North Dorset.
In a statement the ABB dismissed the figures, saying only three
percent of the figure estimated is spent by their customers
around12.8m.
Photo news:
Princess Royal at Let Me Work Reception
Conor pictured with HRH The Princess Royal at LiveabilitysLet Me
Workreception in the House of Lords.
For more information about the Let Me Workcampaign,click
here.
Photo news:
Fernheath Play Association
Conor chats to some of the children who attend Fernheath
PlayAssociation during his recent visit.
Conor in the papers:
Tories lose crunch vote on reformsJames Waterson, City A.M
Wednesday 30th January 2013The Conservatives will find it
almostimpossible to win the 2015 generalelection, polling companies
warned lastnight, after their Liberal Democratcoalition partners
scuppered plans to reform constituency boundariesand reduce the
number of MPs in parliament.
Lib Dems joined Labour and the smaller parties to vote in favour
ofdelaying the boundary reform package until the next parliament by
amargin of 334 to 292.To get more than a single seat majority in
2015, Cameron now needsa poll lead hes really not going to get,
Anthony Wells, associatedirector of YouGov, told City A.M.With the
new boundaries the Conservatives would have just neededto hold the
votes they got in 2010. Now they need to gain an extra
20seats.Existing constituencies have electorates of wildly varying
sizes, with
the number of voters in English seats ranging from 45,000 in
WirralWest to 91,000 in East Ham.The current arrangement benefits
Labour, and the 2010 coalitionagreement included a commitment to
equalise the size of electoratesand cut the number of MPs from 650
to 600.Despite this Nick Clegg ordered his MPs to vote against the
measurein retaliation to last summers backbench Conservative
rebellion thatkilled House of Lords reform.Last night angry Tory
MPs told City A.M. that they were infuriated by
Cleggs decision to abandon collective responsibility for
governmentpolicies.Colleagues were fizzing with indignation, said
Conor Burns, MP forBournemouth West, who had to resign from the
government to voteagainst Lords reform.[In 2015] we will go out
with a renewed zeal to take down Lib DemMPs. Nick Clegg has proved
again that he is leading a party moresuited to student union
politics than national politics.Robert Halfon, MP for Harlow, said
yesterdays result was a shamefulday for our democracy.
The Lib Dems and Labour have voted for an unfair system and
votedagainst genuine representative democracy. If the reforms had
gonethrough it would have saved the taxpayer millions of pounds
byreducing the number of MPs.
But Labours Sadiq Khan insisted the plans had been selfish
andpartisan, adding David Cameron should try to win elections fair
andsquare and not by moving the goalposts.YouGovs Wells suggests
that the Conservatives will now need a poll
lead of 11.1 per cent to win an overall majority of seats in the
House ofCommons at the next general election, assuming a uniform
swing inthe vote. By contrast Labour will need a poll lead of just
2.9 per cent toachieve the same result.The most recent YouGov poll
gives Labour a six per cent lead.
Photo news:
Conor meets Mark Selbyand Neil Robertson
Conor pictured with professional snooker players Mark Selby
andNeil Roberston following the Masters Snooker Final.
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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