News - Justin Tomlinson

Justin Welcomes Swindon Academy Students To Parliament

Mar 19, 2013

Justin Tomlinson MP recently welcomed a group of Swindon Academy students to Parliament for a tour of the House of Commons and a Q&A session. The group of students were keen to see where MPs work and also to grill Justin on a range of issues that they felt were particularly important. Joined by the South Swindon MP Robert Buckland and his encyclopedic knowledge of Parliament's history, the group had an extensive tour of the Commons, Lords and Westminster Hall. They saw where Charles I was s...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 8th March 2013

Mar 13, 2013

From a very early age I knew that I wanted to run my own business. Prior to becoming an MP, that is exactly what I did, yet I was one of the lucky ones: lucky enough to have small business owners for parents. Dinner table discussions would involve profit margin, up-selling and the all important haggling – skills that I absorbed and that stood me in good stead as I set off down the road to business ownership.I say I am one of the lucky ones. Many people aspire to run their own business, especiall...

Justin Tomlinson MP Backs WWF Earth Hour

Mar 13, 2013

North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson showed his support this week for energy powered by nature, as part of WWF's Earth Hour 2013. Members of Parliament were asked to put wind, wave, and solar power symbols on a UK weather map to symbolise the need for more renewable energy - to help protect our planet.As the lights go out for this year's Earth Hour, on Saturday 23 March at 8.30pm, people will be asked to show their support for energy that works with the power of nature, not against it.In the UK we ...

North Swindon MP Shows Support For Access To Prosthetics At Westminster Exhibition

Mar 07, 2013

Justin Tomlinson signs pledge to back greater access to prosthetics for disabled people to enable them to lead more independent and active lives. Justin Tomlinson, MP for North Swindon, today attended an exhibition at the Palace of Westminster to show his support in promoting access to prosthetics for disabled people. The event showcased advanced prosthetic technologies that would enable amputees to lead more independent and active lives. It was attended by over 30 parliamentarians, the Minister...

Justin Tomlinson MP Visits Abbey Meads Primary School

Mar 05, 2013

Justin Tomlinson MP with the 'Clerk' and the 'Queen' Justin Tomlinson MP today visited Abbey Meads Primary School to talk in the school assembly about the work of Parliament and the campaigns that he has been leading. The children then picked their favourite campaign to pass through their very own school Parliament. Justin spoke a little on the campaigns he has championed in Parliament - school libraries, school sport, financial education for young people and encouraging young entrepreneurs. The...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 1st March 2013

Mar 05, 2013

When we think of doomsday scenarios, what Government refers to as innocuous 'Tier One Risks', we think of major natural disasters, terrorism or war. Indeed, the film and game industry has long been making a living prophesising along such lines with these events playing out on our screens time and time again. Yet lurking alongside such threats is something less tangible, less visible, but no less serious. In a global, digitally connected world, Britain is under continued and sustained cyber attac...

Justin Tomlinson MP Meets Swindon Law Students On Parliamentary Visit

Feb 27, 2013

Justin Tomlinson MP today met a group of Swindon law students who had come to look round Parliament as part of their course.The students, who ranged from undergraduates through to mature students, are studying a BPP University course at New College.Discussions ranged from financial education and changes to the welfare system through to the Government's Academies programme and how we can support our High Street.Justin Tomlinson MP said "I always enjoy meeting with Swindon residents and students w...

Justin Tomlinson MP Helps Budding Swindon College Entrepreneurs Get First Taste Of Business

Feb 25, 2013

Justin Tomlinson MP today visited Swindon College's budding young entrepreneurs as they planned their business ideas for the £10 Challenge.The Challenge, a fundraising scheme run by Prospect Hospice, challenges teams to start a business with just £10, with all profits going to support the charity.Justin, a former small business owner himself, has been working with the business students as they progress towards trading day. Justin, who has long been supportive of getting more young people into ...

Justin Tomlinson MP Visits St Joseph’s School

Feb 25, 2013

Local MP Justin Tomlinson today joined South Swindon MP Robert Buckland on a visit to St Joseph's School in Swindon.The MPs visited to see the work that the students had been doing in support of the CAFOD Hungry for Change Campaign. The campaign, which is being run nationally with one in ten schools taking part, aims to highlight the fact that one in eight people in the world go hungry. With food in the developed world plentiful, the campaign is seeking the solution that would see food shared so...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 22nd February 2013

Feb 25, 2013

This week Parliament has been on recess and I have been home in Swindon keeping busy. On Tuesday I visited the Chippenham Close Community Centre in Penhill for the weekly coffee morning. The Centre is a fantastic story of a community coming together to rescue the building and restore it to become a meeting place and safe space that they can use. It hosts the coffee morning, bingo nights and there are plans to also offer a youth club. Managed by a committee of willing local volunteers it is a gre...