You can contact Edward Davey by: Post: Liberal Democrats, 21 Berrylands Road, Surbiton, KT5 8QX General Election Edward Davey MP Tel: 020 8288 0161 (normal office hours, answerphone at other times) Edward Email: [email protected] Davey Result Fax: 020 8288 1090 25,397 Kingston & Website: www.edwarddavey.co.uk 10th Annual Report For diary appointments: House of Commons Office - 020 7219 3512 Surbiton 2005 Summer 2007 www.edwarddavey.co.uk Or meet me in person at one of my twice weekly Con urbiton, KT5 8QX. advice surgeries: 16,431 Inside this edition... Every Monday morning, 8am-10am, at 21 Berrylands Road, Surbiton, KT5 8QX (except bank holidays or where shown below). Tackling Or at one of the other weekly venues listed below A Fair Deal Can I (most venues have disabled access, but please call 020 8288 0296 to check). Tesco at Tolworth 4 Kingston Help? Advice Surgeries in 2007 Advice Surgeries in 2008 p2 p3 p4 Friday 6 Tolworth - Our Lady Immaculate 6pm Friday 11 Norbiton - Piper Hall 6pm Saturday 14 Worcester Park - Venner Centre 10am Thursday 17 Chessington - Garden Centre 6.30pm Jan July Thursday 19 Kingston - CAB Office 6.30pm Saturday 26 Tolworth - Our Lady Immaculate 10am Thursday 26 New Malden - Methodist Church 6.30pm Thursday 31 New Malden - Methodist Church 6.30pm Davey MP (Liberal Democrat), at 21 Berrylands Rd, S Stop NHS cuts Please note: NO Monday morning session Saturday 9 Worcester Park - Venner Centre 10am on 6 or 27 August 2007 Thursday 14 Kingston - CAB Office 6.30pm orking to stop Plan Needed for Surbiton there. I am pushing local NHS Feb Edward’s Aug local NHS cuts Thursday 16 Street Surgery - phone for details Friday 22 Surbiton - YMCA 6pm W My concern is the NHS may bosses to look at their other health Thursday 23 Street Surgery - phone for details Thursday 28 Chessington - Hook Centre 6.30pm was my key challenge still sell Surbiton Hospital to land and property and to work Friday 7 Norbiton - Piper Hall 6pm Please note: NO Monday morning session last year - and is already clear its debts, when we need with GPs and residents on a campaigns Thursday 13 Chessington - Garden Centre 6.30pm on 24 or 31 March 2008 dominating this year. a new community hospital new plan for Surbiton Hospital. include: While I was pleased Sept Friday 21 Surbiton - YMCA 6pm Thursday 6 New Malden - Methodist Church 6.30pm expansion of Thursday 27 Tolworth - Our Lady Immaculate 6.30pm March Friday 14 Tolworth - Our Lady Immaculate 6pm that the threatened large Kingston’s maternity Saturday 29 Norbiton - Piper Hall 10am scale job losses at unit (building on last Saturday 6 Worcester Park - Venner Centre 10am Friday 4 Chessington - Hook Centre 6pm Kingston Hospital did year’s success) not go ahead, a few posts increased Friday 12 Chessington - Hook Centre 6pm Thursday 10 Surbiton - YMCA 6.30pm . Published & promoted by and on behalf of Edward Oct were lost and the huge Thursday 18 New Malden - Methodist Church 6.30pm April Saturday 19 Worcester Park - Venner Centre 10am cleanliness at Friday 26 Kingston - CAB Office 6pm Thursday 24 Kingston - CAB Office 6.30pm deficit at Kingston’s Kingston Hospital Thursday 1 Norbiton - Piper Hall 6.30pm Friday 2 Tolworth - Our Lady Immaculate 6pm Primary Care Trust is pushing for proper Saturday 10 Tolworth - Our Lady Immaculate 10am Thursday 8 New Malden - Methodist Church 6.30pm expected to force further diabetic retInopathy Nov Friday 16 Surbiton - YMCA 6pm May Friday 16 Chessington - Garden Centre 6pm cuts this year. screening locally Thursday 22 Chessington - Garden Centre 6.30pm Thursday 22 Street Surgery - phone for details 6.30pm Ministers were making better access to Saturday 31 Worcester Park - Venner Centre 10am Kingston’s NHS budget more NHS dentists Saturday 1 Worcester Park - Venner Centre 10am Thursday 5 Tolworth - Our Lady Immaculate 6.30pm worse with a 10% backing KingstonCan Thursday 6 Kingston - CAB Office 6.30pm Friday 13 Chessington - Hook Centre 6pm interest penalty on debt. - with the new Dec cancer unit now Friday 14 Chessington - Hook Centre 6pm June Thursday 19 Street Surgery - phone for details 6.30pm After I complained, being built Thursday 20 New Malden - Methodist Church 6.30pm Saturday 28 Worcester Park - Venner Centre 10am ps Printers, Fitzherbert Rd, Farlington, Portsmouth this fine has been removed, BUT, the a better deal for our debt position remains “My key campaign remains the NHS - stopping local mental health service and its users Full details of venues for advice surgeries: critical. Labour’s health cuts,” says Edward Davey MP Chessington - Garden Centre: Reception Office, Norbiton - Piper Hall Community Centre: Piper Road, Leatherhead Road, Malden Rushett, KT9 2NG Cambridge Road Estate, Kingston, KT1 3EX What people say: “Without you we would Chessington - Hook Centre: Main Reception, Surbiton - YMCA never have got this far - it’s Hook Road, Chessington, KT9 1EJ 49 Victoria Road, Surbiton, KT6 4NG because of your hard work Kingston - CAB office: to rear of Neville House, Tolworth - Our Lady Immaculate Church: “Thank you for backing me all “Thanks to your help, I was awarded and commitment.” 55 Eden Street, Kingston, KT1 1BW Church Hall, 401 Ewell Road, Tolworth, KT6 7DG the way to get justice.” my service medal after 50 years.” New Malden - Methodist Church: Worcester Park - Venner Centre Ms. S.J of Chessington Mr. D T of Southborough Mr & Mrs O, New Malden 49 High Street, New Malden, KT3 4BY The Manor Drive, Worcester Park, KT4 7LG Printed on paper from sustainable forests, by Bisho Edward Davey MP - working for you Ten years working hard for Kingston & Surbiton Edward Davey MP - a 10th year of action For most of last year, Edward During the year, Edward helped launch a national Edward’s campaign for was the Liberal Democrat campaign to reduce crime and he backed local more capacity on local Spokesman on Trade and initiatives such as “bobbies on bikes” (right). railways achieved a major Industry, before becoming Chief of Staff to Ming Campbell, the He organised a special local conference on best breakthrough when Liberal Democrat Leader. practice in tackling anti-social behaviour, and supports Ministers agreed to fund the work of Kingston Street Pastors to keep our town the conversion of the In this Parliament, Edward centre even safer. For the Liberal Democrat crime Eurostar platforms for has voted in 73.5% of divisions, campaign visit: www.wecancutcrime.org.uk a better record than over 75% commuter trains by the of Conservative MPs. end of 2008. This will cut congestion outside He voted AGAINST the Education & Inspections Bill and Waterloo station. the replacement of Trident, and New Malden resident, Bisher Al- A new study Edward FOR firms to be audited on Rawi, had been held in Guantanamo Winning more investment for local schools and also pressed for is key for environmental reporting - all Bay without charge for over four years. colleges has remained a the longer term investment to when Conservative MPs backed He was released this year, thanks to priority for Edward, with tackle overcrowding. the Labour Government. efforts led by Edward Davey, working Kingston’s schools now Edward also launched a He also voted FOR House of with Amnesty International, local seeing the biggest building new rail campaign during the Lords reform, the Sustainable residents and other campaigners. programme in over three year - “Fares Unfair” - after When Labour cut Kingston Communities Bill and for an decades. peak return fares to Waterloo Council’s grant this year, Edward inquiry into the Iraq War. Edward and Garth were hiked by 36%. launched a “Fair Deal for Kingston” The cost of running his offices Crooks presented a £1m He has asked the Office of campaign, with a rally in Parliament and all other expenses including cheque from the Football Rail Regulation to investigate Square followed by Edward leading a 3 staff (FTEs), rent, rates, utilities, stationery, IT, postage Foundation to modernise what he believes is an abuse special Commons debate. Edward showed that Labour only and travel in 2005/06 was Kingston University’s of the monopoly and unfair to £120,545, once again below the sports grounds in Tolworth, commuters, especially part- gives Kingston £217 per person, while average for MPs. in a deal securing greater time workers. the average London Borough receives local community use. £493. If Kingston received this average grant, our council tax would be the lowest in London. In Parliament, Edward has backed both the Climate Change Bill and the Sustainable Communities Bill A plan for a Tesco megastore at Tolworth - seen as vital steps by environmental campaigners. suffered a major setback thanks to strong Last year, Edward backed over 350 motions in opposition from Edward and local campaigners. Locally, Edward tackled Thames the House of Commons, including motions: A huge petition Water on odours Supporting the rights of grandparents and two packed from the Hogsmill Against BA’s treatment of Christian employees meetings showed treatment site and Against the punishment of AFC Wimbledon how local people felt. poor leakage Celebrating the centenary of scouting Tesco has not performance. He Edward asked over 100 questions, on subjects given in, but urges residents to such as: Kingston’s local notify him of Leakage failures by Thames Water development plan problems and to The treatment of eating disorders clearly provides a register complaints Budgets of London NHS Primary Care Trusts strong legal case to with Thames Water NHS dentistry in Kingston and Surbiton stop Tesco. on 0845 9200800. For more information call 020 8288 0161 or visit www.edwarddavey.co.uk.