Sunday, March 02, 2008
On Monday I held my usual advice surgery at Balham Community Centre on Bedford Hill. No appointment is required for this surgery. If you would like more details of my surgeries you can click HERE
I met with representatives of Post Office Ltd to find out more about plans from the Post Office to close down some Sub-Post Offices in Tooting and to discuss my concerns about these as well as the consultation processes. Cllr John Farebrother, who is one of the Labour Councillors in Furzedown, and has taken a keen interest in Post Office provision in his ward where there are a large number of older residents, also attended the meeting. You can see a photo of the meeting by clicking HERE. You can find out more about the plans and what I am doing about this by clicking HERE.
I was also the Whip on a piece of Delegated Legislation; GLA Elections (Election Addresses)(Amendment) Order 2008, which was passed.
During the course of the week, Parliament continued to scrutinise the European Union (Amendment) Bill.
I also met the Secretary of State for International Development, Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, to discuss Fairtrade Fortnight, which takes place between 25th February and 9th March. I discussed with Douglas my plans for this fortnight as well as the difficulties I have had in persuading Wandsworth Council to support Tooting becoming a Fairtrade zone and Wandsworth becoming a Fairtrade Borough. You can find out more about what I have been doing on Fairtrade and about the fortnight by clicking HERE. You can see a photo of Douglas and me by clicking HERE.
On Thursday, the Home Secretary, made a statement in the House of Commons into the Inquiry conducted by Sir Christopher Rose into the “Bugging” of me when I visited Tooting constituent Babar Ahmad in Woodhill Prison. I am very pleased that the Home Secretary and Sir Christopher's Report have reiterated that constituents must be allowed confidentiality with their MP and that it concluded that I was not the subject police monitoring. I would like to thank all the Tooting residents that wrote, emailed and called me with messages of support over this issue.
On Sunday, I joined Cllr Judi Gasser, Cllr Billi Randall and local members of the Labour Party in meeting residents in and around Furzedown ward. We had a really positive response on the door step, with the main issue being raised around street cleaning and litter. Once again, I will be writing to Wandsworth Council to urge them to address this problem, which is one of the primary responsibilities they have a local authority.
I met with representatives of Post Office Ltd to find out more about plans from the Post Office to close down some Sub-Post Offices in Tooting and to discuss my concerns about these as well as the consultation processes. Cllr John Farebrother, who is one of the Labour Councillors in Furzedown, and has taken a keen interest in Post Office provision in his ward where there are a large number of older residents, also attended the meeting. You can see a photo of the meeting by clicking HERE. You can find out more about the plans and what I am doing about this by clicking HERE.
I was also the Whip on a piece of Delegated Legislation; GLA Elections (Election Addresses)(Amendment) Order 2008, which was passed.
During the course of the week, Parliament continued to scrutinise the European Union (Amendment) Bill.
I also met the Secretary of State for International Development, Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, to discuss Fairtrade Fortnight, which takes place between 25th February and 9th March. I discussed with Douglas my plans for this fortnight as well as the difficulties I have had in persuading Wandsworth Council to support Tooting becoming a Fairtrade zone and Wandsworth becoming a Fairtrade Borough. You can find out more about what I have been doing on Fairtrade and about the fortnight by clicking HERE. You can see a photo of Douglas and me by clicking HERE.
On Thursday, the Home Secretary, made a statement in the House of Commons into the Inquiry conducted by Sir Christopher Rose into the “Bugging” of me when I visited Tooting constituent Babar Ahmad in Woodhill Prison. I am very pleased that the Home Secretary and Sir Christopher's Report have reiterated that constituents must be allowed confidentiality with their MP and that it concluded that I was not the subject police monitoring. I would like to thank all the Tooting residents that wrote, emailed and called me with messages of support over this issue.
On Sunday, I joined Cllr Judi Gasser, Cllr Billi Randall and local members of the Labour Party in meeting residents in and around Furzedown ward. We had a really positive response on the door step, with the main issue being raised around street cleaning and litter. Once again, I will be writing to Wandsworth Council to urge them to address this problem, which is one of the primary responsibilities they have a local authority.
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