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Parliamentary News Martin Salter’S Sixth Annual Report to Constituents January 2004 Parliamentary News Martin Salter’s Sixth Annual Report to Constituents Reading West Constituency – which includes: Pangbourne, Purley, Tilehurst, Theale, Calcot, Coley, Norcot, Southcote, Whitley and the Oxford Road Martin Salter – on your side Fighting Drugs and Crime Extra investment by the government has seen police numbers rise and crime figures fall. But much of the cations. St Giles House, 10 Church Street, Reading RG1 2SD. RG1 Street, Reading Church cations. St Giles House, 10 crime that remains has its roots in problems caused by hard drugs like crack cocaine and heroin. Reading West MP Martin Salter has been leading the way in the fight against drugs and crime. Winning more money and more police for Reading; pressing for improved drug treatment for addicts and demanding, in Parliament, better joined up working between the NHS, the Police and the Probation Service. TACKLING CRIME IN THE OXFORD RD: Martin Salter joins Battle ward Over the last year Martin has: Councillor Chris Maskell and local police in a campaign to encourage local residents to report evidence of drug dealing in the area. • Called for community action against drug dealing and gun crime in the Oxford Road area. • Tackled magistrates who have released known drug dealers on bail against police advice. • Pressed for anti-social behaviour orders against teenage yobs in Tilehurst and Whitley. • Helped draw up tough new anti-social behaviour laws and demanded that councils and police • Worked with residents and shopkeepers to use these extra powers. install C.C.T.V and other security measures. Martin Salter says: “Everyone has a role to play in • Supported the introduction of Identity Cards to the fight against crime and it is a fight we must win.” Promoted by and on behalf of Martin Salter MP. 413 Oxford Road, Reading RG30 1HA. Designed and Printed by Public Impact Communi Public Impact by 1HA. RG30 Designed and Printed Reading Road, Oxford 413 and on behalf of Martin by MP. Salter Promoted help stop the smuggling of drugs and people. Re-selected 7 Ways to Contact Martin Salter • Book in for one of his advice surgeries on 2nd and 4th Saturday each month – for a third term Telephone: 954 6782 for an appointment. • Call in at one of his Friday evening Martin Salter writes: “I am delighted to drop-in surgeries in Whitley or Calcot – Telephone: 954 6782 for details. have the chance to represent the people of Reading West for a third term. It is a huge • Write to Martin at his constituency office at 413 Oxford Road, Reading RG30 1HA. privilege to be a Member of Parliament and I take my job very seriously. I have tried to be • Write to Martin at the House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. a strong, principled and independent voice for my constituents. I am a firm believer in • Drop him a note in the MP mailbox in the Civic Offices, Reading and keeping in touch with people all year round save yourself the price of a stamp. and I hope you find this sixth Annual Report on my activities in Parliament and in • Send him an email message to MARTIN SALTER MP: Unanimously [email protected] reselected to fight Reading West at Reading to be useful and informative.” the next General Election. • Go to his website at www.martinsalter.com SEE INSIDE FOR INFO ON – Local Action in your area, constituency visits, charity fundraising and Westminster Report Martin Salter’s Sixth Annual Report to Constituents Local action all year round Over the last year Martin secure long term planning Salter has been busy in: protection in the Reading Local Plan for the much loved January – highlighting the Kentwood Hill allotments. failure of West Berkshire Council to provide proper – running special ‘Meet Your emergency planning or support MP’ meetings in Theale, the for residents of Purley who Norcot Estate, Tilehurst, TILEHURST ALLOTMENTS – ROUND 3 – 2000 Tilehurst residents signed Martin were affected by the floods. Coley Park and Calcot. Salter’s petition to have the allotments protected in Reading’s new Local Plan. Petitioners led by Jenny Cottee, Ray Richens and Viki Lloyd hand-over the – standing up to BNP racist May – supporting parents, signatures to Council Leader David Sutton and Planning chief John Howarth. thugs who vandalised his office teachers and pupils in the and sent him death threats. campaign to save Southcote – fighting with local residents Mail proposals to close the Presentation College after the – persuading Reading Council against the installation of a popular Calcot Post Office. trustees demanded its closure. telecom mast in Ullswater to install speed cushions along – endorsing a community Drive and calling West Lower Elmstone Drive following – helping win an extra £1000 submission to the Berkshire Council to a tragic road death. regional pay supplement for Pangbourne Village Plan. account for failing to act. – winning a public inquiry August – spending a day out into Boundary Commission fishing with disabled youngsters proposals to move Theale from from West Berkshire charity – Reading West to Wokingham. Partnership for Active Leisure Scheme (PALS). November – pressing police and West Berkshire Council – organising a petition from officials to get tough and take residents to push for changes action against anti-social youths to the controversial Residents and vandals in Knowsley Road. Parking Scheme in the Oxford Road area. – starting a volunteering programme of reading to September – backing Calcot primary school children in Mum, Ingrid Nicholls, in calling Whitley Schools. for an NHS wide policy on THERE WHEN YOU NEED HIM. Martin Salter dons his waders to help local residents in Purley stranded by last winter’s terrible floods. colour matched artificial limbs. December – pressing bosses at Reading Buses to sort out – Supporting residents in February – securing a deal overcrowding on buses in the Reading Police on top of Western Elms Avenue in with Thames Water for 700 Theale, Southcote and Whitley. the £2000 awarded two years their battle against plans households on the Haddocks ago to help recruit and retain for unsuitable backland – meeting with senior police Estate to either have their new officers. development. officers and Reading Borough private drains adopted or Council chiefs to tackle drugs October – supporting receive 12 months free Home June – starting a campaign and prostitution issues in the pensioners and residents Service Insurance. to keep Theale in the Reading Oxford Road. West constituency. campaigning against Royal – joining a campaign with Coley Mum Jane Wicks and – launching a new environmental Reading Leisure Chief Jon and cultural project at Reading Hartley for a state of the art Alternative School. skate park for young people. July – battling with local March – officially opening a residents and Minster Ward new sensory garden at Whitley councillors to prevent over- Park Infants School. development in Wingrove Road. – launching a take up – joining members of Lions campaign at school gates for Clubs to set up a scheme to parents to sign up for the new provide elderly and disabled Child Tax Credit designed to people with a small container support families with children. which can be used to keep medical and personal details April – backing Tilehurst STICKING UP FOR PENSIONERS. Local Residents in Calcot were outraged for use by emergency services allotment campaigners to when the Royal Mail announced the closure of the popular Calcot Post Office at times of crisis. in Royal Avenue. Martin has vowed to fight it all the way. Martin Salter MP – working for you in Reading West Martin Salter’s Sixth Annual Report to Constituents Making a difference Martin is a strong supporter of the work of local charities and hardly a week goes by without him being asked to help promote or raise funds for a good cause. He feels particularly passionately about the plight of Multiple Sclerosis patients and is patron of the Berkshire MS Therapy Centre in the Oxford Road which provides advice, support and treatment to people suffering from this dreadful disease. Over the past year Martin has: • Taken part in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Relief. • Helped to start the annual Berkshire MS Therapy Centre sponsored family ramble to raise funds for the charity. • Donated prizes such as dinner in the House of Commons or bottles of House of Commons Whisky signed by the Prime Minister to a number of good causes including Berkshire A GREAT IDEA FOR THE ELDERLY TO ENABLE THE EMERGENCY Association of Clubs for Young People; Reading Abbey RFC – Chris SERVICES TO GET EASY ACCESS TO VITAL MEDICAL DETAILS. Kayes Memorial Games; Berkshire Cancer Centre; Birch Copse Martin is also promoting the new Pensions Credit which provides extra financial help for pensioners with modest savings. For information on Primary School PTA; Purley Church of England Infant School. these new payments call the Pensions Credit Hotline on 0800 99 1234. • Supported the dollar-a-day challenge for Save the Children to raise awareness of world poverty. Martin has agreed to run the Reading Half Marathon • Launched the Message in a Bottle Scheme with The Lions Club in March 2004 to raise funds for Local Charities including of Reading to encourage the elderly and disabled to put vital Berkshire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre – he has already medical contact details in the fridge so that they are at hand start training and is keen to raise as much sponsorship as he in case of an emergency. can. Sponsorship forms available from the constituency office. Meeting the people Martin Salter lives in his constituency and travels up to Westminster Listed here are just some of the visits that Martin has made every day when Parliament is sitting. He runs a full time constituency over the last 12 months.
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