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Subject: NewsBulletinfromGregHandsM.P.#325
Date: Friday,27January201212:13:44UnitedKingdomTime
From: GregHandsM.P.
To: [email protected]
In this edition:
Greg Hands M.P.s DiaryWebsite of the
Week:www.backboris2012.comHands backs residentsSuper Sewer action
daytomorrowPhoto news:Kensington, Chelsea &Fulham
ConservativeFuture rally for BorisManhunt for west Londonsmost
wantedHands: Securing thefuture of our Post Offices inChelsea and
FulhamNew beginning forchildren's services inwest LondonCharity
comedy nightHow to contactGreg Hands M.P.
Issue 325 Friday 27th
January 2012
Since the last edition, Greg:
Led teams of M.P.s in Chelsea and Fulham campaignsessions
forLondon Mayor Boris Johnson. To get involvedin the campaign, see
www.backboris2012.com.
Met representatives from TheBestofHammersmith&Fulhamand
TheBestofKensington&Chelsea to discuss their locallistings and
websites and business-to-business networking.For more, see
www.thebestof.co.uk/local/hammersmith-and-fulham.
Welcomed representatives from local Hammersmith &
Fulham amenity groups to discuss the future of the
LBH&FBorough Archives.
Met representatives of British Telecom plc to discussobstacles
to the roll out of super-fast broadband in theRoyal Borough of
Kensington & Chelsea.
Addressed the Chelsea, Fulham and KensingtonConservative Future
with the latest news from the Boriscampaign and congratulating them
on their own elections andforthcoming campaigning activity. See
photo below.
Participated in the institution, collation and induction of
RevRupert Standring as Vicar ofSt Peters Church, Fulham, ina
service conducted by the Rt Rev Paul Williams, Bishop of
Kensington. Attended the institution, collation and induction of
Rev Mark
Osborne as Vicar ofSt Johns Church, Fulham, in a
serviceconducted by the Rt Rev Paul Williams, Bishop
ofKensington.
Met representatives of the Young Transatlantic
ConservativeAlliance, or YTCA. Greg is a member of the Advisory
Board.For more, see www.youngtca.org.
Had a full schedule of activity as a Government Whip in
andaround the chamber of the House of Commons, includingministerial
meetings and organising votes and standingcommittees.
Held a weekly surgery for Chelsea and Fulham residents atFulham
Town Hall. Gregs surgeries are held generally everyMonday at either
Fulham Town Hall or at Peter Jones, SloaneSquare. To ask for an
appointment, [email protected] or call 020 7219 5448.
Website of the Week:
www.backboris2012.com
The campaign website for the re-election of Boris Johnsonas
London Mayor. Get involved and back Boris!
Hands backs residents Super Sewer
action day tomorrow
Greg Hands M.P. is urgingresidents to support theStop the Sewer
action day,which will be gatheringresponses to ThamesWaters Super
Sewer
consultation on Saturday28th January. The proposalsfor the
Carnwath Road sitein Fulham have alreadyprovoked more than
500people to complete Stop theSewers questionnaire. They
hope to gather 1,000 more to show Thames Water the strength
ofpublic opposition to the plans.They are meeting for a photo call
at 10am outside Sainsbury's (SandsEnd), and want as many Fulham
residents as possible to come alongand show their support for the
campaign. There will be stalls at both
Sainsburys and in Fulham Broadway from 9.30pm to 4.30pm.Stop the
Sewer is a coalition of individuals, groups and interestsincluding:
Stop them Shafting Fulham (SSF), Residents Against theSewer (RATS),
Peterborough Road and Area Residents' Association(PRARA), Friends
of South Park, Fulham Society, Fulham RiversideWest Partnership who
represent the landowners of the site andLondon Borough of
Hammersmith and Fulham.There is also a last chance during the day
to lobby Thames Water,who have bowed to pressure for an extra drop
in session in Fulham.From 10am to 4pm, residents will have the
chance to see the detailedplans and put their questions directly to
Thames Waterrepresentatives at Hurlingham and Chelsea School on
PeterboroughRoad.Commenting, Greg Hands M.P. said: I fully support
the campaign byStop the Sewer. They are doing a tremendous job
collecting as manyresponses as possible to the consultation.If you
are out in Fulham Broadway or Sands End tomorrow, pleasestop at one
of their stalls and complete the questionnaire. Unlike theofficial
consultation form, its simple to understand and it means thatyour
voice will be heard.By working together, and speaking with one
voice, we can makeThames Water think again.
The consultation ends on 10 February 2012.The Stop the Sewer
questionnaire can be completedonline in less than 5 minutes
at:www.surveymonkey.com/s/fulhamsewer.All responses will be sent to
Thames Water.The official consultation site can be found
at:www.thamestunnelconsultation.co.uk.
Photo news:
Kensington, Chelsea & Fulham
Conservative Future rally for Boris
Greg Hands M.P., Conservative Association ChairmanCllr
Christopher Buckmaster and members of Chelsea,
Fulham and Kensington Conservative Future at thisweek's campaign
rally for Boris Johnson.
Manhunt for west Londons most wantedTake a good look at the
faces below they belong to some of westLondons most wanted
criminals.The Met Police has joined forces with Hammersmith &
Fulham (H&F)
Council to ask for YOUR help in bringing them to justice.The
rogues gallery, with three foot high mug shots mounted on a
mobile ad van, started touring west London yesterday (January
26th)as part of the joint initiative, which has been paid for by
H&F Council.Officers want to quiz the suspects for a range of
offences includingdrug dealing, ABH and burglary.Criminals can run,
but they cannot hide,said Cllr Greg Smith, H&FCabinet Member
for Residents Services. We need residents to takea long hard look
at these faces and help us put these villains behindbars. Our
message is clear, if you know these people we want you to
turn them in.Crime is falling in Hammersmith & Fulham but,
as a council, we wantto do everything we can to make our borough
even safer andhopefully this rogues gallery will generate some
leads for the police tofollow.
Wanted: Amy LibrenLocal bobbies want to catch up with AmyLibren
(39) who is charged with ABH on herpartner in addition to three
charges forpossession of crystal meth, cocaine andmephedrone.
Wanted: Sean PattersonPolice are trying to track down
SeanPatterson (22) and Darrell Richmond (below)who are both charged
with a 2,000 jewelleryheist in W12. Both failed to appear at
IsleworthCrown Court on November 3, 2011.
Wanted: Darrell RichmondPolice are trying to track down Sean
Patterson(above) and Darrell Richmond(22) who are bothcharged with
a 2,000 jewellery heist in W12.Both failed to appear at Isleworth
Crown Court onNovember 3, 2011.
Wanted: Philip BrownPhilip Brown(31) went on the run after
failing toturn up to Kingston Crown Court for sentencing.He has
pleaded guilty to supplying crack cocaineand heroin after being
caught in possession of alarge quantity of drugs.
Wanted: Maria CalviThe staff only areas of pubs around W12 and
W6were targeted by Maria Calvi (24) who failed toappear at West
London Magistrates Court and ischarged with two counts of
burglary.
Wanted: Paul DunkleyPaul Dunkley(19) is charged with burglary of
a
jewellers in Shepherds Bush and admitted theoffence. However, he
failed to appear in court inMay last year.
Wanted: Adam GryzecAdam Gryzec (34) was sentenced to a year
inprison for burglary and is wanted for failing tocomply with his
reporting conditions after he wasreleased in November.
Chief Superintendent Lucy D'Orsi, H&F Borough Commander,
said:We are committed to catching all outstanding offenders who
thinkthat they can evade justice. We are, in addition to using
traditionaltechniques and electronic media, publishing these images
right acrossthe borough and would urge people to contact us so that
thesecriminals can be brought before the courts.Please do not
approach any of these people directly. If you have
information please:
dial 101; or
email [email protected]; or
tweet @MPSHammFul.
Hands: Securing the future of our
Post Offices in Chelsea and Fulham
Greg Hands M.P. with David Cameron during his visit toKenyon
Street Post Office when it was under threat from
the previous Labour Government.Greg Hands M.P. has welcomed the
10-year deal between the RoyalMail and the Post Office, which
secures the future of services withoutresorting to the last
governments failed closures programme.
More than 6,500 post offices closed in a decade under Labour.
InFulham, the Kenyon Street sub-post office was only saved after
acampaign by Greg Hands M.P. that saw David Cameron visit when
hewas Leader of the Opposition.The new deal follows the Coalition
Governments other measures toprotect Post Office services including
additional funding, new localand national contracts, a successful
piloting scheme to transformmany local post offices and
improvements in the services offered.Commenting, Greg Hands said:
In opposition, Conservativescampaigned tirelessly to stop Labour
destroying our Post Office
network.Now we are in government, we are sticking to our word.
Theannouncement means that the future of the Post Office is secured
atits current size, guaranteeing this valuable service for millions
of
people.
New beginning for children's services
in west LondonA unique department created to deliver children's
services across
three west London boroughs has received its first "annual"
mandatefrom the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, one the
councilsit serves.The mandate, sets out the ambitions and
expectations the "Tri-borough" partners - Westminster, Kensington
and Chelsea andHammersmith & Fulham - have for the new
department, and forchildren, young people and their families.These
include protecting service quality against a background ofsharply
falling government grants, extending choice and respectingthe
different priorities of the three partner councils.
Set out in the mandate are targets that 75 per cent of students
in thethree boroughs should achieve five GCSEs A* - C grades,
includingEnglish and mathematics, in 2012 and that 90 per cent of
schoolsshould be judged good or outstanding by Ofsted.Last year the
average result for students in London achieving 5 plusA*- C,
including English and mathematics, was 61 per cent. Thefigures for
the Tri-borough partners were Kensington and Chelsea 73per cent,
Hammersmith & Fulham 71 per cent and Westminster 62 percent.
The Tri-borough average was 67 per cent.Other education targets
include an increase in children getting placesin local secondary
schools and more pupils with special educational
needs being taught locally.There are also ambitions to create
more good school places. InKensington and Chelsea for example, the
Council will submit aplanning application in 2012 to build a new
academy in NorthKensington.The mandate also sets demanding
standards for services tovulnerable children and young people. For
example, the Tri-boroughpartners intend for children's services
overall to be consistently judgedas outstanding and for every
children's home to be judged as good oroutstanding by
inspectors.
One element of the new department's strategy for achieving
theoverall outstanding rating is for the adoption and fostering
team toexpand its own pool of local carers. The move will reduce
the councils'reliance on agency fostering placements whose carers
are typicallymore expensive and tend to live outside London, which
in turn meansthat children cannot easily maintain contact with
their friends and birthfamilies.The new Fostering and Adoption team
will be in place by April 2012and is expected to deliver over
200,000 in salary savings across thethree councils in its first
year. In addition, the reduction in the use ofexternal agencies for
fostering placements is estimated to result inprojected savings of
690,000 over three years."Families and Children's Services in the
Royal Borough have beenconsistently rated as excellent and we want
to keep them that way."said Royal Borough Leader, Cllr Sir Merrick
Cockell. "But grants areshrinking and money is tight. However, by
sharing seniormanagement we can reduce our costs, get the best
value for ourmoney and maintain the high standards of services for
families in theborough."The new combined Family and Children's
department is a key part ofthe three councils' strategy for
responding to dramatic changes inlocal government finance created
by the national financial crisis. Allthree councils face reductions
in government grants of approximately26 per cent between 2011 and
2015. By combining services, the
boroughs have been able to focus spending reductions
onmanagement and back office costs and thereby ensure
relativeprotection for frontline services. Similar combined
departments arealso being created in other areas such as libraries
and adult socialcare with a view to delivering a minimum saving of
10 million percouncil per year by 2014/15.
Charity comedy nightGreg Hands M.P. has been contacted by Gary
Hollick about a comedycompetition he is taking part in (with 14
othrer comedy acts) on
Wednesday 1st February 2012 at 8pm, Belushis Bar, 498-504
FulhamRoad, London SW6 5NH, and using the event to fundraise for
thecharity Bliss.Encouraging people to attend Gary said: "I have
decided to competein the competition for charity, my chosen one is
Bliss which givessupport to babies that are 'born too soon, too
small and too sick.'"Tickets can be purchased on the night at the
door for 5 per ticket, orin advance at Great Comedy Nights
websitewww.greatcomedynights.co.uk.
5 ways to contact Greg Hands M.P.:
By Phone: 020 7219 5448
By email: [email protected]
By post: Greg Hands M.P.House of CommonsLondon SW1A 0AA
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