News - Justin Tomlinson MP

MPs Unite For Retailers, Small Shop Group

Nov 01, 2010

MPs (from left to right) David Amess, Justin Tomlinson, Fiona Bruce, Mike Weatherley and Marcus Jones met with trade associations this week to re-affirm the committment of the All-Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group. Thy were joined by the NFRN, the ACS, the FWD and the Rural Shops Alliance. The group will look at the impact of the recession, begin a national competition to find the UKs best newsagent, and mount a nationwide 'local and proud' campaign.

Justin Tomlinson MP Supports Lighter Later Campaign

Nov 01, 2010

Today Justin Tomlinson, MP for North Swindon, today announced his support for the Lighter Later campaign.As the latest research shows, this low-cost, easily-implemented change has the potential to make us safer, happier and healthier” said Justin Tomlinson MPEvery year, we waste hundreds of hours of daylight by sleeping through the morning light. “Lighter Later is a campaign to shift one hour of light from the morning to the evening where we can actually use it,” said campaign manager Daniel Voc...

Justin Tomlinson Secures 10 Minutue Rule Bill, Developer Bonds

Nov 01, 2010

I beg to move,That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision regarding local authority powers to require developers to deposit funds in the form of a bond to be used if the local area is not maintained properly;and for connected purposes.I am introducing the Bill to highlight an issue that I have previously raised in debates in Parliament and that I campaigned on actively during my 10 years as a councillor in Swindon, which relates to the lack of maintenance in unadopted areas. With ho...

Justin Tomlinson Visits O2 Arena

Nov 01, 2010

Justin Tomlinson MP & Andrew Percy MP visited the O2 arena as representatives of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Leisure. The early morning visit was a behind the scenes look at how the arena has transformed the local area through a leisure offering.Justin Tomlinson MP, "This was a very interesting visit as we saw first hand just what a success the O2 arena has been. We are seeing first hand in Swindon what a boost leisure offerings can be to the local economy and for residents enjoym...

Justin Tomlinson MP & Martin Lewis Call For Compulsory Financial Education

Oct 26, 2010

Rachel Earle, Justin Tomlinson MP, Martin Lewis & Archna Luthra after discussing financial education Article from Martin Lewis - MoneySavingExpert.com blog:Bingo! There’s a politician out there as obsessed with getting financial education in schools as I am. After noticing he’d been asking questions in the commons about it last week, I met up with Justin Tomlinson, one of the new intake of MPs.The meeting was buzzing from the get go. Very quickly we realised we were singing from a similar so...

Justin Tomlinson MP Supports UK's First Ever Secondary Breast Cancer Awareness Day

Oct 26, 2010

Justin Tomlinson MP listened to the concerns of women with secondary breast cancer on the first ever awareness day to mark the condition, Wednesday 13 October.Breast Cancer Care held the UK’s first Secondary Breast Cancer Awareness Day which included a meeting at Westminster between women with the condition and MPs. Justin Tomlinson MP attended the meeting to talk to the women about what it is like to live with secondary breast cancer.Andy Burnham MP and Annette Brooke MP both spoke at the event...

Justin Tomlinson MP Supports Show Racism The Red Card

Oct 26, 2010

Ex-Fulham and West Ham striker, Leroy Rosenior.Justin Tomlinson MP.Former professional footballer and manager, Dave Bassett.Former West Ham striker and Deputy Chief Executive of the Professional Footballers Association, Bobby Barnes. Today Justin Tomlinson MP joined ex-professional footballers, representatives from the Professional Footballers Association and members of the Show Racism the Red Card campaign to give his support to the charity’s bid to become The Football Association’s Charity of ...

Call For High Speed Rail Link

Oct 19, 2010

Swindon's top politicians yesterday called on the Government to electrify the Great Western rail line and slash journey times to London.Rod Bluh, leader of Swindon Borough Council, launched a campaign in Parliament in support of the electrification of the Great Western main line, alongside Swindon’s MPs Conservative Robert Buckland and Justin Tomlinson.They say the Tory-Lib Dem coalition must honour the previous Labour government’s plans, announced last year, to electrify the line between Sw...

Justin Tomlinson MP Speaks In The Anti-Slavery Debate

Oct 19, 2010

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak in this crucial debate. It is a credit to the decision to introduce Back-Bench business, and my hon. Friend Mr Bone opened it with great distinction.I share the concern that there are no robust estimates for the number of victims of trafficking in the UK. Having the figures for victims of trafficking is fundamental to raising awareness of the issue and ensuring that human trafficking is given due attention by local police force...

Nationwide Building Society Launches New Volunteers Scheme

Oct 18, 2010

Local Building Society Nationwide wants to hear from local charities and volunteer groups that need supportSwindon-based Nationwide Building Society has today launched a new employee volunteering programme - Nationwide Volunteers - which offers employees two days paid leave per year to dedicate to volunteering activities. Swindon local MPs, Justin Tomlinson and Rob Buckland along with Edie Fassnidge, from Volunteering England, attended the launch which took place at the organisation’s headquar...