News Category - Justin Tomlinson

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...

Local MP Joins Chippenham Close Coffee Morning

Feb 25, 2013

Justin Tomlinson MP today joined local Valley residents in Penhill at their weekly coffee morning at the Chippenham Close Community Centre to discuss everything from changes to welfare right through to sport and bus services.Not long ago, the Community Centre was derelict and boarded up, with residents having to walk up the notoriously steep hill to reach community activities at the John Moulton Hall. For many this walk was simply impossible, leaving the elderly, the disabled and many young mums...

Justin Welcomes Swindon's Local Police and Crime Plan

Feb 25, 2013

Justin Tomlinson MP today welcomed the launch of Swindon’s Police and Crime Plan. The draft plan, published by Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner for Swindon and Wiltshire, Angus Macpherson is available online for people to comment on. The views of local residents will play a part in shaping the final version, which will set the strategic direction of policing in Swindon and Wiltshire for the next four years. It includes the key initiatives that Angus wishes to implement locally: Stre...

Local MP Welcomes Swindon City Deal Success

Feb 25, 2013

Justin at a local business mentoring event organised by the FSB Justin Tomlinson, MP for North Swindon, has welcomed the news this week that Swindon is to be given fresh new powers to boost jobs and growth in deals agreed with Government. This 'City Deal' will allow Swindon to bid for new financial and planning powers and help businesses in the local area. The new wave of City Deals comes after eight of England's largest cities won new powers last summer. Commenting, Justin Tomlinson MP said: 'T...

Justin Tomlinson MP Calls On Japan To End Its Cruel Commercial Whaling

Feb 20, 2013

North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson has called on Japan to end its cruel commercial whaling at the launch of a new report revealing the industry is dying in the water. Japan's whaling is being propped up by millions of pounds a year in public money, research by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) shows. Justin hosted a Westminster launch of IFAW's report, The Economics of Japanese Whaling, and heard that the Japanese government even diverted tsunami relief funds to support the indus...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 15th February 2013

Feb 20, 2013

I wrote last week about my successful campaign to see financial education included in the National Curriculum. I've also been pushing hard to improve and expand the teaching of cookery. That too has now been included in the curriculum; a move I thoroughly welcome. Soon after being elected, I visited the cookery club at Haydonleigh School and watched the children as they learned how to make various recipes. Not only were they enjoying it, they were also picking up skills that would be useful ...

Justin Tomlinson MP Welcomes Cooking To The National Curriculum

Feb 20, 2013

Justin Tomlinson MP today welcomed the news that cooking is to take its rightful place on the national curriculum. Justin has long been part of the campaign to see cooking back in schools, giving children a practical life skill that will help keep them healthy. The Government is currently consulting on the proposals that by the end of Primary School, children should know the basic principles of balanced eating and where food comes from. They should also know how ingredients can be combined to p...