28 JAN 2012

Engagements in 2011

As in the past, I have prepared an analysis of the engagements and activities I have undertaken in support of the constituency for the past year. In 2011 I undertook 254 engagements. These included almost 30 visits to schools or other educational organisations, over 20 visits to businesses or meetings with businesses, and over 20 meetings with charities and local councils.

MPs are based in Westminster Monday to Thursday. These types of activities are generally undertaken on constituency Fridays, and over weekends (especially for surgeries) as well as in the parliamentary recesses. The variety of these activities was wide in 2011 but a key compenent was my visit to 80 villages in the late summer in the course of 8 days – the most direct face-to-face engagement programme conducted by an MP in this constituency.

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Constituency support

Goring Scouts 20 May 2012

Presentation of community awards to Goring Scouts

Thenford 19 May 2012

Visit with local S Oxfordshire residents to Lord Heseltine

RAL Space, Harwell 18 May 2012

Visit to see leading UK space technology

Lafarge, Sonning Eye & Dunsden 18 May 2012

Discussions re flooding

All Saints, Shirburn 13 May 2012

Conducted choir at evensong under Churches Conservation Trust

Cuddesdon fete 12 May 2012

Awarding of prizes

Tetsworth Parish Council 12 May 2012

Briefing on Neighbourhood Planning

New district councillor, Chinnor 12 May 2012

Visit to congratulate on election

Surgery, Chinnor 12 May 2012

Lewknor School 11 May 2012

Visit to the school and to school council

Visit to Cherwell District Council 11 May 2012

Meeting with Chief Executive

Music for Autism and Soundabout, Dorchester 5 May 2012

Attended charity concert

Business event, Henley 3 May 2012

Initiated and organised 'growth and skills' event

Research Autism 3 May 2012

Hosted reception in House of Commons

Thame Freedom of the Town 2 May 2012

Attended ceremony for town Freedom for RAF Halton

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RAF Benson 30 April 2012

Arranged and participated in Ministerial visit

Chalgrove flooding 27 April 2012

Meeting with Chalgrove Flood Alleviation Group

The Henley College 27 April 2012

Question time with students union

Meeting on environmental matters, Nettlebed 27 April 2012

Abbeycrest Care Home 27 April 2012

Opened Care Home

Rotherfield Peppard Annual Parish Meeting 21 April 2012

Spoke at meeting

ORCC 20 April 2012

Meeting about planning

Thames Water 20 April 2012

Meeting about Sydenham and other matters

100 Faces of Henley 20 April 2012

Photographic session

Cherwell District Council, Chairman's annual charity dinner 13 April 2012

Woodcote Annual Parish Meeting 10 April 2012

Spoke at meeting

Henley Street Surgery Tour, 30 March 2012

Headway

Henley Street Surgery Tour, 30 March 2012

Hot Gossip

Henley Street Surgery Tour, 30 March 2012

Frog cafe, Youth Centre

Henley Street Surgery Tour, 30 March 2012

D: two

Henley Street Surgery Tour, 30 March 2012

YMCA

Henley Street Surgery Tour, 30 March 2012

Leisure Centre

Meeting, Henley 30 March 2012

Meetinng about neighbourhood plan

BBC Breakfast, 27 March 2012

Broadcast on Europa School, Culham

Meeting with Chief Constable, 26 March 2012

Update and briefing on Thames Valley Police

PAWS, Pangbourne, 25 March 2012

Started off cycle ride

Heart FM meeting 23 March 2012

Monument Park surgery, Chalgrove 23 March 2012

Skatepark exhibition, Henley, 17 March 2012

Visit to campaigners outside Town Hall

Prostate Cancer event, House of Commons, 14 March 2012

Meeting constituent to talk about Prostate Cancer charity

Neighbourhood Planning event, Woodcote, 9 March 2012

Visited impressive and extremely well-attended consultation exercise

Surgery, Woodcote, 9 March 2012

Shiplake Memorial Hall, Shiplake, 8 March 2012

Launch of fund raising

Abingdon gymnastics, Berinsfield 8 March 2012

Presentation of Sport England cheque

Challenge Henley, Henley 8 March 2012

Meeting to discuss problems encountered last year from cycle race

The Henley College, Henley 8 March 2012

Engagement with 16 year olds on citizenship

Visit to CABI, Crowmarsh 8 March 2012

Meeting to hear about development plans

River and Rowing Museum, Henley 8 March 2012

Opening of Piper exhibition

HMP Huntercombe, Huntercombe, 2 March 2012

Visit to prison and to see mentoring project

Crown, Nuffield 2 March 2012

Visit to meet new landlord

Stadhampton School, 2 March 2012

Visit to school

Oxfordshire MPs meeting Bishop of Dorchester, 29 February 2012

Discussion meeting

BBC Radio Berkshire, 23 February 2012

Jack FM, 23 February 2012

BBC Oxford TV, 23 February 2012

Broadcasts on HMP Huntercombe

Chinnor Rugby Club lunch, Thame, 19 February 2012

Guest at Club lunch and speaker

Meeting Kirtlington Parish Plan, 18 February 2012

Meeting with plan leaders

Meeting with ORCC, 18 February 2012

Meeting re. community-led planning

Assistance to planning student, 18 February 2012

Help with thesis being prepared

Meeting Oxfordshire LEP, 18 February 2012

Discussion with Martin Dare Edwards

Broadcast BBC Radio Oxford, 17 February 2012

Broadcast about Woodeaton quarry

Woodeaton Quarry meeting, Beckley 16 February 2012

Public meeting about the quarry

Chiltern Railways, Banbury 16 February 2012

Meeting about Evergreens 3 project and East-West rail

Surgery, Thame 11 February 2012

Heavily subscribed surgery

Old Nags Head, Thame 3 Feruary 2012

Visit to discuss issues

Primary Designs, Thame 3 February 2012

Visit to see business