ACTIVITY IN THE CONSTITUENCY MAY 2007-MAY 2008

I have seen 191 constituents at my regular surgeries and visited 11 schools. I have sent 23,414 letters from my constituency office plus correspondence from London and dealt with in excess of 4,200 e-mails. I have completely revamped my website.

Caseload. With my staff I have dealt with:

126 Housing cases
77 Immigration cases
111 Health cases
84 Benefit cases

I have hosted visits by 13 parties of students and other groups to Parliament:

I have distributed 24,000 community questionnaires to constituents to a large part of the constituency and received over 2,500 responses

I maintain regular contact with local councillors, officers in the local authorities, Warwickshire Constabulary, Warwickshire College, Warwick and Coventry Universities and with health bodies.

Businesses & Groups visited/Events attended:

 Asda, Leamington
 Amnesty International
 BABPA Annual Charity Dinner
 Barford Bypass Opening
 Barford Village Shop
 CORD, Leamington
 Crest Housing and Safer Neighbourhood Office, Lillington
 Diwali celebrations, Spa Centre
 Earlswood Residents’ Association
 IBM, Warwick
 Leamington and Warwick Gurdwara
 Leamington and Warwick Mela Festival, Pump Room Gardens
 Leamington Children’s Centre, Lillington
 Leamington in Bloom
 Leamington Opera Group
 Leamington Spa and Warwick Branch Cancer Research Relay for Life, Blackdown
 Lillington Summer Party
 Motionhouse Dance Theatre, Leamington
 Myton Hamlet Hospice, Warwick
 National Farmers Union
 Northgate Methodist Church, Warwick
 Ricardo UK Limited, Radford Semele
 Severn Trent
 Southfields, Lillington
 Spa Theatre Company
 Thare Machi Education, Leamington
 Tilted Wig, Warwick
 Warwick Society
 Warwickshire Association of Youth Clubs, Leamington
 Whitnash Methodist Church
 Whittle Court, Leamington

Speeches and talks given:

 Stop the Traffik presentation, St Peter’s Church Leamington
 Climate Change presentations at Aylesford and North Leamington Schools
 ‘Faith, Religion and Politics’ St Mary’s Church Warwick

ACTIVITIES IN THE CONSTITUENCY MAY 2006 - MAY 2007

I have maintained my regular surgeries and during this period 181 appointments have been given to constituents. I have visited 11 schools and sent 25,406 letters from my constituency office alone plus correspondence from London and thousands of e-mails.

I maintain regular contact with local councillors, officers and staff in the local authorities, Warwickshire Constabulary, Warwickshire College, Warwick and Coventry Universities and with health bodies.

Businesses & Groups visited/Events attended:

Abbeyfield, Leamington
Accenture, Warwick
AP25 Club, Whitnash
BABPA Annual Charity Dinner
Central Leamington Residents' Association
CORD, Leamington
Dementia Awareness Warwickshire Network
Ford, Leamington
Kinmond Court, Leamington
Leamington Credit Union
League of Friends, Leamington Rehabilitation Hospital, Heathcote
Leamington Spa and Warwick Branch Cancer Research
Leamington Sure Start
McKesson Information Solutions UK, Warwick
Myton Hamlet Hospice, Warwick
Netherfield Day Centre. Lillington
One World Link
Prodrive, Honiley
SSAFA Big Brew Up, Leamington
Solicitors Regulation Authority, Warwick
South Warwickshire Carers Support Service, Honiley
St George's Day Parade, Warwick
St Mary's Church, Warwick
Sword Scientific, Warwick
The Leamington Society
Warwick and Leamington Quakers
Warwick District Senior Peoples' Forum Long Term Care Group
Warwick Hospital Unison
Warwickshire Pre-School Learning Alliance, Blackdown
Warwickshire Womens Refuge
Whitnash Christmas Lights Switch On
Wolseley UK, Warwick

Speeches and talks given:

Debate, North Leamington Community School and Arts College
Mediation and Community Support AGM, Leamington
Save the Child Fund, University of Warwick
Slower Campaign Public Meeting, Lapworth
Students at Warwick School