Meet Your MP Martin Horwood in Cheltenham This January

Martin Horwood is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Cheltenham. If you need to discuss any matters with your local MP, you can arrange an appointment at his advice surgeries on Friday lunchtimes or evenings. Appointments can be booked by phoning the office on 01242 224889 or e-mailing martin@martinhorwood.net.

You can also meet Martin at various events taking place in and around Cheltenham.

Tuesday 19 January 2010
Martin is sitting in Flood and Water Management Bill Committee stage sessions from 10.30 – 13.00 and 16.00 – 19.00
1.30pm
Martin is meeting Faye Hatcher from BBC Radio Gloucestershire at 1.30pm to help with her ‘Day in the life of an MP’ piece, which will be broadcast across Gloucestershire to give people an insight about what goes on in Parliament.

Wednesday 20 January 2010
At 1pm, Martin is meeting up with the Shark Trust, local media and a young constituent, Jake Batty, to celebrate the work he has done in alerting politicians to the plight of sharks having their fins removed in UK waters following a school lesson on the issue, which has been recently halted by the government. This will be taking place in committee room 13.

Thursday 21 January 2010
Martin is sitting in Flood and Water Management Bill committee, on its last day, from 9.00 – 10.30 and 13.00 – 17.00. Martin is hoping to raise important issues such as water affordability and insurance worries with the Minister in the new clauses he has tabled, which will be reached if time permits in the committee.

Friday 22 January 2010
6:45pm
Martin will be visiting Whaddon Bowling Club in Whaddon Road and meeting members to discuss a rent increase on their premises which could jeopardise the club’s future.
7:30pm
Cheltenham and District Samaritans will be holding their AGM at their office in Back Albert Place. Martin will be attending and the guest speaker will be Detective Chief Inspector Paul Hurley, on his role as a Hostage Negotiator and also as a trainer for ASSIST.

Sunday 24 January 2010
2:00pm
Martin will be attending a meeting of Friends of Nowder (http://friendsofnowder.org/) at the Friends Meeting House in Cheltenham.

Monday 25 January 2010
10:00am
The Heritage Lottery Fund have arranged a constituency visit so that he can find out more about their work in Cheltenham. Martin will be visiting Cheltenham Lido and meeting Julie Sargent, the Chief Executive of the Lido as well as representatives from the Heritage Lottery Fund so that he can see the work that has recently been carried out there.

Tuesday 26 January 2010
6:00pm
Martin is speaking at an energy security debate entitled ‘Keeping the lights on: separating fact from fiction on energy security’ in committee room 17 as part of his role as Shadow Environment Minister, alongside Labour and Conservative spokespersons.

Thursday 28 January 2010
5:00pm
Cheltenham College have invited Martin to speak to sixth form Politics students.

Friday 29 January 2010
7:45pm
There will be a screening of ‘The Cove’, a film about protecting whales and dolphins and the hunts that take place in Japan, at the Guildhall in Gloucester. This event has been endorsed by Ric O’Barry, an activist involved in the film, and Andy Ottaway from Campaign Whale will be attending the screening. Martin will be there and will say a few words, as he has been active in Parliament on this issue. Please see http://www.thecovemovie.com/richardobarry.htm for more information about The Cove and contact Paul Smith at Paul.Smith@metron.co.uk for more information about the screening.


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