From: Conor Burns MP news@conorburns.comSubject: News Bulletin from Conor Burns MP #137

Date: 27 October 2015 at 13:09To: news@conorburns.com

In this edition: Conor's Diary Photo news:Dorset Blind Association Photo news:Conor visits CoronationStreet Photo news:BFX 2015 Dinner Conor in the papers:Navitus Bay won't appealwind farm refusal Photo news:Bournemouth SchoolPolitical Society Photo news:Winton Play Park Photo news:Grammar SchoolsReception Conor in the papers:Can we go back toBournemouth please? Toryconference delegates reactto egg-throwing inManchester Photo news:Conor at ConservativeParty Conference How to contact Conor Burns MP

Issue 137 - Tuesday 27th October 2015

Since the last edition, Conor has:

Visited the Coast Housing Development on Priory Road tosee at first hand the future of Bournemouths housing stock.Attended the BFX Festival 2015 to celebrate Bournemouthsvisual effects, computer games and animation industries.Paid a visit to the Dorset Blind Association.Visited the Big Lottery-funded Winton Play Park to find outmore about the project.Attended the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.Paid a visit to students at Bournemouth School and gave atalk to their Political Society.Held a breakfast meeting with local businesses.Appeared on BBCs Sunday Politics South.Met with Tim Goodson of Dorset Clinical CommissioningGroup for an update on NHS services in the area.

Photo news:Dorset Blind Association

Conor meeting a guide dog at the Dorset Blind Association.

Conor talks with a member of the Dorset Blind Association.

Photo news:Conor visits Coronation Street

Conor Burns with Audrey Roberts (played by Sue Nicholls) andRita Sullivan (played by Barbara Knox) at the new Coronation

Street studios in Salford.

Conor with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, RtHon John Whittingdale MP, at the old Coronation Street set

following a Conservative Arts and Creative Industries Networkevent hosted by ITV.

Photo news:BFX 2015 Dinner

Conor Burns with Michael Kaschalk, Head of Effects at WaltDisney Animation Studios during the BFX Festival Dinner.

Conor Burns MP with Cllr John Beesley at BFX Festival Dinner atWest Beach, Bournemouth.

Conor with an attendee at the BFX Festival dinner whichcelebrates the creative and visual talent in the computer games

industry.

Conor giving the after-dinner address at the BFX Festival dinner.

Conor in the papers:Navitus Bay won't appeal wind farmrefusal Bournemouth EchoMonday 19th October 2015 Wind farm developer NavitusBay has confirmed that it doesnot plan to challenge the decision to refuse its plans for its proposedscheme for the Dorset coast. The Government threw out the plans, which would have seen up to121 turbines sited 13 miles from Bournemouth and Poole and ninemiles from Swanage, in September following huge opposition. On Monday, Stuart Grant, Project Director at Navitus Bay, said: Aftercareful consideration, Navitus Bay has chosen not to challenge thedecision by the Secretary of State to refuse consent for the proposedwind park. We would like to thank the communities on the South Coast and allour stakeholders for their engagement throughout the project. Wewould also like to extend a thank you to the potential suppliers, whoworked incredibly hard to inform our proposal. Over the course of the project we have gathered data from a widerange of offshore surveys and studies. This wealth of informationincludes environmental material such as bird and mammal surveys,human activity evaluations including shipping, navigation andarchaeological data, and physical environmental detail likegeotechnical data and sediment sampling. We recognise that this marine data is valuable and can provide alegacy by helping to stimulate research, support academia andcontribute towards the sustainable management of the seabed. We will therefore be making this data available via The CrownEstates Marine Data Exchange once transfer and quality assuranceprocesses have been completed, atwww.marinedataexchange.co.uk. Dr Andrew Langley of Challenge Navitus, said: "We are pleased that aline can now be drawn under the Navitus Bay proposal. Theexaminers' recommendation for refusal to the government wasunequivocal and we would have been surprised if there had been validgrounds for a legal challenge. "An enormous amount of effort went into the examination and it wasnot decided on a whim, but on the balance of the proposal's merits.We would like to thank all who supported Challenge Navitusthroughout the long campaign." Deputy Leader of Bournemouth Council, Councillor Nicola Greene,said: We welcome the decision by the developers not to appeal against theSecretary of States decision. It has been a long, hard and exhausting battle against EDF andEnecos Navitus Bay proposal a development that would have had aserious and damaging impact on our precious natural environmentand local economy. We now look forward to continuing to grow Bournemouths position asa leading national and international tourist destination as furtherinvestment flows into the town. Conor Burns MP said: With the scale of resources at their disposalwe can be sure Navitus went through the report with a fine tooth comb. "That they have decided not to appeal means they could find nogrounds. That is both a validation of the strength of the arguments weput forward, but also a kick in the teeth to those who have carped,criticised and moaned about rejection being political. "As would be said in Monty Python, this is a scheme that ceased tobe. It has expired and gone to meet its maker. Navitus is an ex-scheme.

Photo news:Bournemouth School Political Society

Conor Burns giving a talk to members of the Politics Society atBournemouth School.

Conor with students after giving a talk to Bournemouth SchoolsPolitics Society.

Photo news:Winton Play Park

Conor Burns MP with Cllr Pat Oakley and local residents at thesite of new Play Garden at Winton Recreation Ground.

Photo news:Grammar Schools Reception

Conor Burns with Bournemouth East MP Tobias Ellwood andstaff from Bournemouth School for Girls at a parliamentary

reception to support local grammar schools.

Conor in the papers:Can we go back to Bournemouth please?Tory conference delegates react to egg-throwing in Manchester Darren Slade, Bournemouth EchoWednesday 7th October 2015 Some Conservatives want tobring their party conferencesback to Bournemouth after encountering shouts and egg-throwing inManchester, an MP says. The party gathering has been greeted by angry demonstrations, witharound 60,000 people attending an anti-austerity march at the start ofthe conference. Some delegates and journalists had eggs thrown at them and weregreeted by shouts of scum as they entered the cordoned area. Tory supporters have reportedly been advised not to wear theirconference badges outside the secure area around the venue. Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns said: Our members have beenspat at, had eggs thrown at them. There are about 100 peoplescreaming Tory scum and murderers. For the ordinary volunteers to have to go through that is disgraceful. There appear to be quite a lot of people who are not burdened byworking who have managed to make it outside. Its one of the most unpleasant things Ive ever seen. Speaking to the Daily Echo from the conference, he said a number ofsupporters would like to return to Bournemouth. He added: "The lady in the queue next to me just heard what Imsaying and says Can we go back to Bournemouth please?" The Conservatives last visited Bournemouth in 2006, when theirexperience was marred by delays in issuing security passes, causingsome delegates to miss the start of the conference. Fears were voicedat the time that the party could boycott the town in future. Neither Labour and the Conservatives have brought their conferencesto the resort in recent years. They have added metropolitan venuessuch as Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool to their preferredvenues instead. But this September the BIC hosted two autumn party conferences forthe first time, when both the Liberal Democrats and the Green Partyvisited within a week. The events were the towns first partyconferences since 2009. Labour conferences in Bournemouth attracted large protests when theparty was in government, including a march in support of fox huntingin 1999 and anti-war demonstrations in 2003.

Photo news:Conor at Conservative Party Conference

Conor Burns at the Charities Aid Foundation stall at ConservativeParty Conference.

Conor Burns meeting a Cancer Research delegate at PartyConference.

Care after Combat Jim Davidson.jpg Conor Burns MP with theChairman of Care After Combat, Jim Davidson OBE.

Conor Burns at the Guide Dogs UK stand at Conservative PartyConference.

Conor supporting Guide Dogs UK Pavement Parking Bill.

Conor driving an 18-tonne lorry through the streets of CentralLondon with the Road Haulage Associations simulator at

Conservative Party Conference.

Conor Burns with a commemorative stamp of Baroness Thatcher,part of the Royal Mails Prime Ministers Collection at

Conservative Party Conference.

Conor at Smart Energy GB stand discussing the rollout of SmartMeters across the UK.

Three ways to contact Conor Burns MP:

By Phone: 01202 534 888By email: mail@conorburns.com By post: Conor Burns MP

House of CommonsLondon SW1A 0AA

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