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Date: Thursday,31May201210:32:18UnitedKingdomTime
From: ConorBurnsMP
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In this edition:
Conor Burns MPs DiaryWebsite of the Week:Coeliac UKConor in
Parliament:Conor questions Business& Enterprise Minister
onglobal competitivenessPhoto News:Bournemouth Lifeguard
CorpsLobbying Housing Ministeron Park Homes legislationRed Tape
Ticker tracksscrapped regulationsPhoto news:Conor supports
nationalCoeliac charity atWestminsterConor in the papers:MPs in
plea to PM
Conor in the media:My passionate belief in theConservative Party
and myconcerns about today'selectoral registration bill -which
could pave the wayfor Coalition candidates atthe next electionHow
to contactConor Burns MP
Issue 92 Thursday 31st May 2012
Since the past edition, Conor has:
Spoken in the House of Commons to question Mark Prisk MP,
Minister of State for Business and Enterprise, about ways to
help small businesses in the UK.
Visited the Bournemouth Lifeguard Corp to see their training
at Stokewood Swimming Pool.
Attended a reception in Westminster with ITVs This Morning
doctor Dr Chris Steele MBE hosted by national charity
CoeliacUK.
Published an article in the blog Conservative Home on
electoral registration.
Met Jake Carroll, Member of the Youth Parliament for
Dorset.
Met with Housing Minister Grant Shapps MP along with
Redhill & Northbourne Conservative by-election council
candidate David dOrton-Gibson to discuss Park Homes.
Attended a meeting of the Gender and Politics Conference
Project Steering Committee.
Held a help and advice surgery for local residents.Attended The
Queens Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.
Met with the Managing Director and Director of Policy of
Cancer Research UK in Westminster.
Visited Hill View Schools Spring Fayre in Redhill.
Attended the Mayor Making ceremony of Bournemouths 100th
Mayor.
Website of the Week:
www.coeliac.org.ukThe website of Coeliac UKCoeliac UK provides
information and support to people with Coeliacdisease, an
autoimmune disease present in around 1 in 100 peoplewhich sees an
immune reaction triggered in sufferers after consuminggluten. Given
its presence in ingredients such as wheat or barley,gluten can be
found in many popular foodstuffs such as pastas, cakesand breads.
Founded in 1968 the charity, then known as the CoeliacSociety, now
sees around 1,200 newly diagnosed people join eachmonth. As well as
offering support and advice the charity works toincrease awareness
of Coeliac disease and carries out research and
hosts conferences to help the lives of sufferers.May saw Coeliac
UKs Awareness Week, The Gluten Free Challenge,which intends to
promote gluten-free provisions in the hospitalityindustry. Coeliac
UKs dieticians work to ensure people with Coeliacdisease know which
foods are safe to eat and produce an annualdirectory of around
10,000 products which can be eaten by peoplewith Coeliacs disease.
Eating the wrong foods can be harmful tosufferers, and symptoms of
Coeliacs disease including bloating,abdominal pain, nausea,
constipation, diarrhoea, wind, tiredness,anaemia, headaches, mouth
ulcers, recurrent miscarriages, weightloss (but not in all cases),
skin problems, depression, joint or bonepain and nerve
problems.
Although there is no cure for Coeliac disease, there is some
hope fora vaccine in the future. Research in Australia, co-funded
by CoeliacUK, has found the parts of gluten that make it toxic for
people with thedisease. Although it may be sometime until a vaccine
in available ithas been described as an important step by Coeliac
UK.
Conor in Parliament:
Conor questions Business & Enterprise
Minister on global competitiveness
Monday 21st May 2012
Click on the image above to watch a video ofConors question and
the Ministers reply.
The full text of the exchange was as follows:Conor Burns
(Bournemouth West, Conservative): Has the Ministerhad the
opportunity to read the World Economic Forum globalcompetitiveness
report, which showed that between 1997 and 2011,the UK fell from
seventh to 10th in the years when the Labour partywas in power?
Does he agree that if the Beecroft report leads to anew focus on
deregulation and the undoing of the burdens placed onbusiness by
the Labour party, it will be welcomed by small businessthroughout
the UK, which we rely on to be the engine of economicrecovery?Mark
Prisk (Minister of State (Business and Enterprise),Business,
Innovation and Skills; Hertford and Stortford,
Conservative): I entirely agree with my hon. Friend, who is
right topoint out that we need to restore the sad decline in
ourcompetitiveness that we saw before the last election. We need
torestore not just the Government finances, but the strength of
theeconomy. Ensuring that flexible workplaces and modern
workpractices are in place is part of that.
Photo News:
Bournemouth Lifeguard Corps
Conor speaking to Rookie Lifeguards of the BournemouthLifeguard
Corps.
Conor paid a visit to Stokewood Road Swimming Pool in Winton
tosee the work of the Bournemouth Lifeguard Corp this week.During
the evening Conor spoke to Rookie Lifeguards, age 9 13,and saw a
dry-side lesson where Rookies made lungs out of bottlesand balloons
to help them learn about human respiration and
resuscitation. Conor also saw Lifeguard Cadets, age 14 18, train
fortheir Assistant Beach and Beach Lifeguard awards.Speaking after
the visit Conor commented, There is a real spirit ofteamwork
between the children and the volunteers. The skills theylearn are
of great benefit to our town keeping local people and visitorsalike
safe on our superb beaches.The Bournemouth Lifeguard Corp, which
was established in 1965, hasover 140 members aged between 9 and
70.
Lobbying Housing Ministeron Park Homes legislation
David dOrton-Gibson (centre) discussing issues regardingpark
homes with Housing Minister Grant Shapps MP (right)
and Conor Burns MP (left) in the House of Commons.Conor Burns MP
and Redhill & Northbourne Conservative by-electioncouncil
candidate David dOrton-Gibson know that some Park Homeresidents
have concerns about the special legal position relating totheir
properties. Yes, they own their home but still must pay the
siteowner a fee for the right to base their property on a
particular pitch.With sites at Stour Park, Kingfisher Park Homes,
Doveshill Park,Wheatplot Park Homes and Redhill Park Homes, this is
clearly asignificant issue for hundreds of Park Home residents in
both Redhilland Northbourne. So, Conor and David dOrton-Gibson met
face-to-face with the Minister responsible for Park Homes
legislation.
At a meeting with Grant Shapps MP in the House of Commons on
Wednesday 15th May, Conor and David were able to raise all sorts
ofissues, speaking up for local residents and do his bit so that
theirvoice is heard.
As David reports: This meeting with the Minister was a
greatopportunity to talk with the person who can actually make a
realdifference to the lives of Park Home residents.
Red Tape Ticker tracks scrapped
regulations
Under Labour there were the
equivalent of six new regulationsevery working day, or over
1,500 ina year. In 2011, the Governmentcut that flow to 89 measures
ofwhich just 19 imposed any cost tobusiness.Conor has launched the
Red TapeTicker on his website, and alsohere on the bulletin, to
celebratethe Governments achievements sofar in reducing regulation
with887 regulations already being
scrapped or substantiallyimproved. The ticker will help
localbusinesses find out more about
what the Government is doing.Conor commented: Im proud to launch
the Red Tape Ticker on mywebsite today. This Government is working
steadily to free businessesin Bournemouth and Poole from the
stranglehold of regulation thatbuilt up during 13 years of a Labour
Government.Latest figures show there are 427,125 private sector
businesses inthe South West, employing 1,770,000 people altogether.
ThisGovernment is taking action to help each and every one of
them.
The ticker also comes after Conor spoke in the House of
Commons,where he asked Mark Prisk MP, Minister for Business and
Enterprise,if he agreed a new focus on deregulation and the undoing
of burdensplaced on business will be welcomed by small businesses
who arethe engine of economic recovery. Mr Prisk agreed, stressing
theneed for flexible and modern work practises.
Photo news:
Conor supports national Coeliac
charity at Westminster
Conor pictured with Dr Chris Steele MBE.Conor recently joined
celebrity TV GP, Dr Chris Steele MBE, theresident doctor on ITVs
This Morning, at a Parliamentary receptionto show support for
Coeliac UKs campaign to improve thediagnosis and awareness of
coeliac disease and the need toimprove the availability of
gluten-free food.
The reception, which was attended by MPs, Peers and supportersof
the charity was held as part of Coeliac UKs Awareness Week,The
Gluten-free Challenge.The aim of the campaign is to promote
understanding about coeliacdisease and the need for increased
gluten-free provision across thehospitality industry and asks the
nation to try something gluten-freeduring the week.Speaking after
the event Conor said, I am supporting Coeliac UK,the national
charity for people with coeliac disease and theircampaign to
improve the awareness and diagnosis of the conditionand the
increased provision of gluten-free food.For many of those
diagnosed, eating out is a continuous challengewhich affects their
lives every day. This campaign aims to makeeating out possible for
all people with coeliac disease, tosignificantly improve their
quality of life and create understanding oftheir condition.Gluten
is a protein found in wheat, barley and rye, which is found
inbread, pasta, pizza, cakes and beer etc.However, it is also often
used in a wide range of products includingmayonnaise, soy sauce,
sauces, sausages and many processedgoods.
Coeliac disease affects 1 in 100 people in the UK and is a
seriousautoimmune disease in which the bodys immune system reacts
togluten found in wheat, barley and rye, making the body attack
itself.If left undiagnosed, the disease can lead to infertility,
multiplemiscarriages, osteoporosis and bowel cancer.Recent research
has shown that patients have had to wait onaverage 13 years from
first onset of symptoms to diagnosis andthat only 10 15 per cent of
those affected have been diagnosed,leaving over 500,000 people in
the UK currently undiagnosed andat risk.
Dr Chris Steele MBE, who has recently been diagnosed withcoeliac
disease himself, is the Health Ambassador for Coeliac UK.Sarah
Sleet, Chief Executive of Coeliac UK said: Many peoplemay have
struggled for years to get diagnosed with coeliac diseaseand are
then faced with a complete change in diet and lifestyle. Forthem it
is not a matter of choice or a faddy diet, it is the onlytreatment
for their condition and is essential for the rest of their
life.
Conor in the papers:
MPs in plea to PMStephen Bailey and Katie Clark, Bournemouth
Echo
Thursday 10th May 2012
A Dorset MP is calling for strongerleadership to deal with the
big issuesthe country is facing.South Dorset MP Richard Drax called
on Prime Minister DavidCameron to take charge and put a
Conservative stamp on issues suchas immigration and crime.His
comments come as the Queen outlined the Governments plansfor the
year ahead in the Houses of Parliament yesterday, whichincluded
controversial legislation on House of Lords reform.Conservative
backbenchers, many of whom are strongly opposed tothe potential
changes, published an Alternative Queens Speech,laying out their
own proposals including demands to cut tax and areferendum on
repatriating powers from Brussels.Tory MP Mr Drax said: I was one
of those MPs that decided to signup to it.The main reason is that
our country needs, frankly like never before,strong leadership and
a clear and very precise direction of travel.
There are too many big issues like the EU which is about
toimplode immigration, crime, etcetera, which as Conservatives
wefeel there should be a strong narrative about.I believe the
public is fed up with talk. What they want is action. Theywant
their politicians to do what they were elected to do.I am not for
one minute saying we should oust David Cameron. I am
just telling him, as a back bencher one of many saying this
thattaking the country forward in a rather haphazard way we are
doing isnot good enough, and the solution is very simple.
Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns said the alternative speech
hadsome value in stimulating debate.He said the coalition agreement
had required Parliament to take uptime with issues such as House of
Lords reform when he would havepreferred it to concentrate on
removing regulation which could get inthe way of economic
recovery.He said his party had to set out a distinctively
Conservative positionahead of the general election in 2015.
Annette Brooke, Lib Dem MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, said:
Ido believe the coalition has got to concentrate on growth in
the
economy.Im pleased with the emphasis on families, especially the
help forchildren with special needs.
Asked whether she believed the coalition between the Lib Dems
andConservative parties was working, she said: I think it is
working atdifferent levels.Admittedly there are aspects of it which
are difficult. It is such a longtime since we have had a coalition
and both sides want their basicprinciples upheld. Its down to give
and take.
Conor in the media:
My passionate belief in the Conservative
Party and my concerns about today's
electoral registration bill - which could
pave the way for Coalition candidates at
the next electionConor Burns
MPwww.conservativehome.blogs.com
An interesting debate may well be about to begin springing from
alittle-noticed Written Ministerial Statement about
electoraladministration put out shortly before last years summer
recess. It wasmade by the excellent Mark Harper who it has been my
privilege toknow for some 20 years since meeting him at a Wessex
YCConference in what is now my Bournemouth West constituency.Marks
full statement can be read here.Much of the aims he outlines are
laudable. However there is one bitthat, in the light of
developments, catches my attention. A day earlier,Mark said the
following:We also propose to address an oversight in existing
legislationpassed during the previous Governments time in office
whichallows a candidate standing for a single party in a
UKparliamentary election to use an emblem on their ballot paper,but
does not allow jointly nominated candidates to do so. Thisissue has
primarily affected candidates standing on behalf of theLabour party
and the Co-operative party. The proposal willensure that electoral
law is consistent on this issue.This all seems innocuous enough.
Except Im not certain I can recalltoo many occasions when a
Co-operative Party candidate has stoodagainst a Labour Party
candidate. Or in my three general elections asa Conservative
Candidate ever hearing of a 'Co-operative Party
Candidate bidding to be included in hustings. Yet this part of
the Bill(which comes before Parliament today for a 2nd Reading)
stands.(The Full House of Commons Library research paper can beseen
here with the key part at Section 9.5.)My regard for Mark Harper is
enormous. Indeed, his patience andtenacity in taking difficult
bills, such as the AV referendum Bill, throughthe Commons has been
impressive and raised the high regard inwhich he was already by
many colleagues. Few doubt that his loyaltyand resolve even in
defending his boss Nick Cleggs plans to abolishthe House of Lords
will gain a deserved reward to a position where hecan show his true
skills and develop his true instincts.
Yet I have a niggling concern about this one measure, and
whether itcan truly be about whether a candidate at a particular
election has anemblem next to their name. In fact, this little
anomaly has beenresolved for all other elections. As the House of
Commons paper onthe Bill makes clear:The election rules relating to
the use of emblems on ballot papers incertain other elections were
amended before the elections in May2011: the Local Authorities
(Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2011
were debated on 7 March 2011 in theSecond Delegated Legislation
Committee.Mark Harper has explained that these regulations resolved
the issuefor candidates in the mayoral elections and noted that the
Government
has:"... laid statutory instruments to deal with it for the
local andparish elections, and the conduct orders deal with it for
thedevolved elections and the Northern Ireland local elections.
Wewill introduce the necessary secondary legislation for
theEuropean Parliament elections and the Greater London
authorityelections next year and in 2014, not in that
order."However, he then went on to make the following point:The
hon. Gentleman is right to say that to fix the issue for thegeneral
election will require primary legislation. We have already
set out that we will have a Bill that deals with individual
electoralregistration and other matters. It is our intention to use
that Bill,or if that proves to be unnecessary, we will use another
one. Thatis the likeliest option, however, and we can confirm that
is ourintention to fix this problem ahead of the 2015 general
election.Hence the Electoral Registration and Administration Bill
before theHouse of Commons today. There may be nothing more to this
than adesire to use the main purpose of the Bill individual voter
registration
to address a small point. But the need to do it for general
elections Iam less sure of.Some of the coalitions most difficult
moments have come when some
have sought to suggest it should extend beyond the 2015
GeneralElection - and when others coming from the opposite but
equallyunhelpful angle have suggested it should be terminated as
soon aspossible.I have never subscribed to either view. I support
the coalition andhave voted with it in every division at which I
have been present.Save for the proposals for the House of Lords
which I have spokenagainst on the floor of the Commons I have
supported the coalitionagreement even though very few Conservative
MPs knew what was init before it was signed.I continue to support
David Cameron and the Government and wish itto succeed. I believe
it is a Government born out of an indecisiveelection result that
has resulted in two parties with differing values andinstincts
coming together in the national interest to rescue Britain fromthe
tragedy we inherited from Labour.But I believe passionately in the
Conservative Party and what wecould offer the British people as a
stand-alone and unencumberedGovernment. It is the idea contained in
the Bill for two party and
jointly nominated candidates for a general election that makes
menervous. And should make everyone who yearns for a
ConservativeGovernment nervous.I am on record as saying that some
of the best and brightest people Ihave known in the youth wings of
the Conservative movement have
left us for UKIP. I believe these are patriotic and decent
people whosecore instincts and belief in Britain I share. I also
believe that the timeis fast approaching when we will need to make
common cause withthem to reassert of place in an international
trading, global looking,self governing country than enjoys trade
with Europe but governsitself. As I look at the mess that the EU is
in and remember how all ofus who predicted this were mocked and
laughed it I wonder if theinstincts we had then are not still right
today. But only theConservative Party not UKIP will be a big enough
vehicle for thepurpose I describe.
Anyone thinking and I know there are some that
coalitioncandidates are the answer to the next election would do
well to
wonder if, having ceded the principle of two party candidates in
aGeneral Election there might not be another party starting to
nestle12% or so in the polls with whom we may wish to make
commoncause for Britain. I hope I am wrong, but 'emblems on ballot
papersmay have far reaching consequences.To see the original
article, click here.
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