Week commencing Monday 12th July 2010

Monday
In the House:FINANCE BILL
Morning: Constituency work.

Tuesday
In the House: FINANCE BILL
Morning: House magazine meeting
Afternoon: Fabian Society lecture and reception.
Yorkshire and Humber MPs' meeting

Wednesday
In the House: POLICE GRANT REPORT
Morning: Travelling to Grimsby for a constituency event
Afternoon: Constituency work
Evening: Seafood Summit reception

Thursday
In the House: FINANCE BILL
Morning: Seafood Summit
Afternoon: Travelling to London

Friday
All day: Travelling to Grimsby for various constituency meetings

Week commencing Monday 29th March 2010

Monday
In the House: BUDGET DEBATE
11am: Yorkshire Television Reunion Lunch

Tuesday
In the House: BUDGET DEBATE
11am: Meeting with Paul Clark re taxation of foreign registered lorries
4pm: British Sikh Consutative Forum's Vaisakhi Celebration.

Wednesday - Closed for Easter

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Week commencing Monday 22cnd March 2010

Monday
In the House: CONSIDERATION OF LORDS AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD POVERT BILL
12.30PM: Labour Euro-Safeguards Campaign meeting
3pm: Meeting with members of the Icelandic Affairs Committee
4.30pm: Public Accounts Select Committee - A & E Admission - Major Trauma
7.30pm: Attending Annual Reception of the All-Party Parliamentary Friends of the Baha'is
(N.B. Bahism is a religion founded in 1844 and believes "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens")

Tuesday
In the House: THIRD PARTIES (RIGHTS AGAINST INSURERS) BILL (LORDS)
10.30am: Sitting on Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee on the 'Draft Jobseeker's Allowance (Work for your benefit pilot scheme) Regulation 2010
12 noon: House Magazine meeting
12.30pm: Attending Luncheon of the British Ports Association
3pm: Association of Accountancy and Business Affairs meeting.
5pm: Meeting with John Healey re: house building.

Wednesday
In the House: BUDGET
3.30pm:Public Accounts Select Committee - the Management of Short Term Prison Sentences
5.30pm: Campaign Group meeting
6pm: Attending Farewell Drinks Reception of the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee

Thursday
In the House: BUDGET
Constituency work
Travel to Grimsby
7pm: Attending Dinner in Cleethorpes

Friday
All day constituency work

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Week commencing Monday 15th March 2010

Monday
12 noon: Meeting Rosie Winterton at Immingham docks
Travelling to London
4.30pm: Public Accounts Select Committee - helping over indebted consumers
7pm: Attending Debating Group's dinner

Tuesday
In the House: ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION
10am: Meeting with Chris Mole re direct rail link between London - Cleethorpes- Grimsby
11am: Public Accounts Commission
12 noon: House magazine meeting
1pm: Meeting with Getty Images re Clause 42 of Digital Economy Bill

Wednesday
In the House: CLUSTER MUNITIONS (PROHIBITIONS) BILL [LORDS]
2pm: National Union of Journalists parliamentary group meeting
3.30pm: Public Accounts Select Committee -Renewal of the BBC Estate
5.30pm: Campaign Group meeting

Thursday
12 noon: Meeting with Which? re nonotechnologies
2pm: Meeting with the Federation of Wholesale Distributors to discuss alcohol duty fraud
4.30pm: Being interviewed on Social Housing and Accountability
6pm: Hansard Society meeting

Friday
10.am: 'Defend Council Housing' Conference
Travelling to Grimsby
7pm: Attending 'Nature of Landscape ll' at St. James Church

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Week commencing Monday 8th March 2010

Monday
In the House: CRIME AND SECURITY BILL
Morning: Travelling back from constituency
4.30pm: Public Accounts Select Committee - Olympics and Paralympics

Tuesday
In the House: ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION
10am: Meeting with Which? regarding their concerns in relation to the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target
10.30am: Serving as a member of the 4th Delegated Legislation Committee on the Draft Employee Study and Training(Qualifying Period of Employment) Regulation 2010
12 noon: House Magazine meeting
2pm: Meeting with The Forum for Stable Currencies
4pm: Attending Chemical Industry APPG Reception
5pm: Attending the launch of the Stroke Association Report 'Moving on- a future vision for the community based physiotherapy after strokes'.
6pm: Attending a tour of the Parliamentary Art Collection.

Wednesday
In the House: TAXES AND CHARGES ON ROAD USERS
8.30am: Attending the launch of the British Academy Policy Centre report 'Electoral Systems and Electoral Outcomes'.
10.30: Speaking at the 53rd Westminster Seminar.
12 noon: Meeting Ian Lawther from the PCS union regarding the HMRC Office Closure Programme.
1.15pm: Meeting with Freight Transport Association
1.30: Attending briefing on sustainable access to inshore fisheries(SAIF) Project.
3.30pm: Public Accounts Select Committee: Problem Drug Use
4.30pm: Meeting with Hull University Students.
5.30pm: Campaign group meeting.

Thursday
In the House: NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY MEMBERS BILL [LORDS}
3pm: Meeting with Rosie Winterton
6pm: Meeting at Grimsby Town Hall.
7.30pm: Attending opening of Annual Exhibition of the Grimsby Photographic Society

Friday
All day constituency work including:
10am: Attending Older People,s Health and Wellbeing Programme event.
11am: North East Lincolnshire Council MPs' meeting
3pm: Meeting with Chief Superintendent
6.30pm: Attending Nunsthorpe Community Centre Bingo Night

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Week commencing Monday 1st March 2010

Monday
In the House: MOTION RELATING TO THE DRAFT SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS UPRATING ORDER 2010
4.30PM: Public Accounts Select Committee - The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Estate

Tuesday
In the House: COSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND GOVERNANCE BILL
10.30: Attending seminar on press regulation
12 noon: House Magazine meeting
2pm-6pm: Attending GLOBE event on fisheries

Wednesday
In the House: BRIBERY BILL {LORDS]
11.30am: Meeting with Nicholas Soames MP to discuss campaign for bomber command
3.30pm: Public Accounts Select Committee - Defence Medical Services
5.30: Campaign Group meeting
6.30pm: Attending Hansard Society meeting

Thursday
In the House: PROCEEDINGS ON HOUSE BUSINESS
11.30am: Yorkshire and Humber Regional Select Committee
Afternoon: Travelling to Grimsby

Friday
All day constituency work - including
11am: Speaking at launch event of Vireol bioethanol project
12 noon: Attending AOC Beacon Award Presentation for the Grimsby Institute
2pm-3.30pm: Community Surgery
4pm: Attending briefing by Environment Agency
7.15pm: Attending Grimsby Gang Show Performance

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Week commencing Monday 22cnd February 2010

Monday
6.45am: Visit to Grimsby Fish Market
Travel to London
4.30pm: Public Accounts Select Committee - HMRC: Dealing with telephone enquiries.

Tuesday
In the House: CHILDREN, SCHOOL AND FAMILIES BILL
10AM: Public Accounts Select Committee - visit to the Olympic site
12 noon:House Magazine meeting
1pm: Westminster Hall debate on 'Foreign Registered Lories'
2pm: NFFO Launch (National federation of Fishermen's Organisation)
4pm: Attending briefing on audio description for those with visual impairments
5pm: All-party parliamentary media group meeting with Ben Bradshaw.

Wednesday
In the House: ENERGY BILL
12.30pm: Attending launch of Breakthrough's campaign on age, equality and breast cancer.
3.30pm:Public Accounts Select Committee - Stroke follow-up
5.30pm: Campaign Group Meeting

Thursday
Travel to Grimsby - constituency work
6pm: Filming for the political show Uni-Q

Friday
All day constituency work plus:
12 noon: Meeting with Rotheram, Doncaster and South Humber Mental Health Trust
4.30pm: Meeting with constituent
6pm: Attending CLP Annual General Meeting
7.15pm: Main speaker at 53rd Annual Dinner of the Institute of Chartered Ship Brokers

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Week commencing 15th February - House in recess

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For the week commencing Monday 8th February

Monday
In the House: TERRORIST ASSET-FREEZING (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) BILL
12 noon: Preview of episode 2 of channel 4 documentary 'Tower Block Commons'.
4.30pm: Public Accounts Select Committee - BBC Major Events
9pm: Being interviewed by Channel Plus regarding 'Tower Block of Commons'.

Tuesday
In the House: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND GOVERNANCE BILL
12 noon: House Magazine meeting
12.30pm: Meeting with Natural England
2pm: Completing Survey on BSkyB
3pm: British-American Parliamentary Group Executive Committee meeting.
4.30pm: Committee of Selection on the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2001
6.pm Environment Agency Reception

Wednesday
In the House - MOTION ON SECTION5 OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1993
12pm. Association of Colleges Beacon Awards National Presentation Ceremony
3.30pm: Public Accounts Select Committee - Problem Drug Use
5.30pm: Campaign Group meeting

Thursday
Morning: Travelling constituency and constituency work
4.30pm: Presentation at Franklin College

Friday
Constituency work plus
11am: Meeting constituents with appointments
12.30pm: Yorkshire and Humber Seafood Group Board Committee
2pm: Meeting with North East Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust
4pm: Being interviewed for a college project

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For the week commencing Monday 25th January

Monday
In the House: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND GOVERNANCE BILL
Morning: Constituency work and travelling to London
12 noon: Preview of Channel 4 documentary 'Tower block of Commons'
2pm: Briefing from the National Audit Office regarding the Public Accounts Committee
4.30: Public Accounts Select Committee - Decent Homes

Tuesday
In the House: FLOOD AND WATER MANAGEMENT BILL
9.30am: Campaign for Better Transport meeting.
12 noon: House Magazine meeting
4pm: National Union of Journalists meeting
5pm: Alzheimer's Research Trust meeting
6.45pm: Meeting with Ministers to discuss local issues

Wednesday
In the House:MOTIONS RELATING TO POLICE GRANT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE AND COUNCIL TAX
10.30: Meeting constituents
12 noon: Prime Minister's Question Time
2pm: Being interviewed for a book concerning the European Union
3.30pm: Public Accounts Select Committee: Sale of British Energy
5.30pm: Campaign Group meeting
7.30pm: Chartered Institute of Marketing dinner

Thursday
In the House: TAXATION (INTERNATIONAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS) BILL
Afternoon: Travelling to Grimsby and constituency work
7.15pm: Secondary Singing Festival at the Grimsby Auditorium

Friday
All day constituency work including: 11am - 5.30pm: meetings with constituents

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For the week commencing Monday 18th January 2010

Monday
Travel to London
In the House: CRIME AND SECURITY BILL
12 noon: MP Photo Shoot
4.30pm: Public Accounts Committee - Enforcement of Regulations on Commercial Vehicles

Tuesday
In the House: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND GOVERNANCE BILL
8.30am: Media Group meeting
11am: Westminster Hall debate - Manufacturing
12noon: House Magazine meeting
1pm: Filming for Channel 4 documentary
2pm: Chief Defence of Staff briefing
3pm: The Wildlife Trust's 'Living Seas Vision' launch
4pm: Launch of Maritime UK Manifesto
5pm: The Unions, Agenda for the Elections and Beyond
6.30pm: British Bankers Association Reception

Wednesday
In the House: FISCAL RESPONSIBILITIES BILL
12.30pm: Labour Euro Safeguards meeting
2.30pm: Standing Committee - Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Conditional Cautions: Financial Penalties) Order 2009 (S.I.,2009, No. 2773)
3.30pm: Public Accounts Committee - HMRC: Progress on the STEPS contract.
5.30pm: Campaign Group meeting

Thursday
Travel to Grimsby
11.30am: Royal visit to Children's Centre, Willows, Queensway with Princess Anne.
Constituency work
7.30pm: Reception to present new Vice-Chancellor of Hull University

Friday
Constituency work
12noon: MPs' meeting with NELC
2pm: Meeting with Communities Together
4pm: Meeting with constituent

Saturday
Constituency work and surgery

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For the week commencing Monday 14th December

Monday
Travel to London
In the House: CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL
12 noon: Yorkshire & Humber Seafood Group Directors Meeting
12.30pm: Meeting with Ann Cryer MP
4.30pm: Public Accounts Committee - Bank recapitalisation and liquidity schemes
6.30pm: Starsnappers coming in for meeting about Shoot your MP photo exhibition
7pm: RSC Parliamentary Reception

Tuesday
In the House: STATUTORY INSTRUMENT REGARDING THE WELSH LANGUAGE
9.30am: Tour and Talk for students from Havelock Academy
12 noon: House Magazine meeting
1.30pm: Meeting with Richard Kwiatkowski
3pm: Yorkshire and the Humber regional committee meeting
5pm: Yorkshire Group AGM
6pm: Just Ageing campaign launch event

Wednesday
12.45pm: History of Parliament Books Launch
1pm: House Magazine Christmas Lunch
3.3opm: Public Accounts Committee: DFID's Assistance to Malawi
5.30pm: Campaign Group meeting

Thursday
Morning - Travel to Grimsby
Afternoon: Constituency work

Friday
Constituency work
10.30am: Foresight Achievement Awards
11.30am: Grimsby Christmas Party
1.30pm: 1st birthday celebrations of Grimsby Manor and Grimsby Grange Care Homes
4.30pm: Judging Kettles Funeral Directors Christmas Lights Competition
7pm: Labour Party Members' Christmas Party

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For the week commencing Monday 7th December

Monday
Travel to London
In the House: ENERGY BILL
4pm: Public Accounts Select Committee - Dealing with the tax obligations of older people

Tuesday
In the House: LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE SETTLEMENT AND COUNCIL TAX - Divisions at 6pm and 9pm
8.30am: Food Supplements: Managing the Impacts - Parliamentary Briefing Breakfast
12 noon: House Magazine meeting
2.45pm: British-American Parliamentary Group meeting
3.30pm: Consumer Protection in the Recession - hosted by Lord Blackwell
5pm: 'Conservation and Poverty Reduction: Conflict or Sustainable Governance of Fisheries in Developing Countries'
6.30pm: DODS Charity Champion Awards 2009

Wednesday
In the House: CHILD POVERTY BILL
11am: Fishing meeting
1pm: Meeting with Tim Wilson to discuss the Radio Independent Groups
2.30pm: Committee of Selection - Draft Climate Change [Solid fuel] [Relocation] Regulations 2009
3.30pm: Public Accounts Select Committee - The procurement of legal aid in England and Wales by the Legal Services Commission
5.30pm: Campaign Group

Thursday
In the House: STUDENTS AND UNIVERSITIES and a DEBATE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CENTRAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Travel to Grimsby
12 noon: Chatterbox Club Christmas afternoon for the elderly at Bishop Edward King Centre Willows Grimsby
1pm: Children's Christmas Party at the Youth Centre in Wootton Rd, off Sutcliffe Avenue
7.30pm: Speaking at Park Ward public meeting at United Reform Church, Weelsby Rd

Friday
10am: Meeting with Sarah Pearson from Yorkshire Forward
11am: Launch of the Quayside Open Access Centre
1pm: Surgery at West Marsh Community Centre
3pm: Quarterly MPs meeting with Hospitals Trust

Saturday
8am: Surgery
9.45am onwards: Appointments with constituents.

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For the week commencing Monday 30th November

Monday
9am: Yorkshire & Humber Seafood meeting in Grimsby
Travel to London
In the House: FINANCIAL SERVICES BILL
4pm: 19 Light Brigade Veterans Reception
4.30: Public Accounts Select Committee:DfID Assistance to Malawi
6.30pm: Hansard Society
7pm: Fabian Society Reception

Tuesday
In the House: FISHING DEBATE
11am: Chairing Westminster Hall debate on Proportional Representation
12 noon: House Magazine meeting
4pm: Skills for Care Reception
6pm: Hansard Society Reception

Wednesday
In the House: EQUALITY BILL
8.30am: Media Group Event
11.45am: Yorkshire Forward meeting
12.30pm: Big Lottery Fund meeting
3.30pm: Public Accounts Select Committee: Equality and Human Rights Commission Accounts
4pm: All Party Writers Group AGM
5.30pm: Campaign Group
6.30pm: Reception in Honour of H.E. Hon Louis B. Susman, U.S. Ambassador
7.30pm: Christmas Drinks with the Ambassador of Denmark

Thursday
Travel to Grimsby
Constituency work
Guided tour of St James' Church

Fridaay
Constituency work
Sixth Form Conference: 'Parties & Parliament in the 21st Century'

Sunday
Local GMB Branch meeting

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For the week commencing Monday 16th November 2009

Monday
The House not sitting
All day constituency work

Tuesday
The House not sitting
Morning: Constituency work
Afternoon: Travel to London

Wednesday
In the House: THE QUEEN'S SPEECH
6.pm: UK Ports Receptions

Thursday
Morning: Travelling to Grimsby
Afternoon: Constituency work
6.30pm: West Marsh meeting

Friday
All day: Constituency work
7pm: Press Conference with Victoria Ayling & Andrew De Freitas

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For the week commencing Monday 9th November 2009

Monday
9am: Meeting of the Yorkshire & Humber Seafood Group in Grimsby
Travel to London
In the House: CORONERS AND KUSTICE BILL
4.30: Public Accounts Select Committee - promoting participation with the Historic Environment
7pm: Chemistry week 2009 reception

Tuesday
In the House: LOCAL DEMOCRACY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION BILL
10am: Interview with Radio 4 on history of ITV/Yorkshire TV
12 noon: House Magazine meeting.
1pm: Filming for a documentary produced by Andrew Stewart
3pm: Yorkshire and the Humber Select Committee
6pm: Hansard Society Reception

Wednesday
In the House: APPRENTICESHIPS, SKILLS, CHILDREN AND LEARNING BILL
11am: Meeting with GMB
3.30pm: Public Accounts Select Committee - Train to Gain
4.30pm: Meeting with Sadiq Khan to discuss Humber Bridge Tolls
5.30pm: Campaign Group
7.30pm: BT dinner for Yorkshire & Humber MPs

Thursday
In the House: POLICING AND CRIME BILL
11.15AM: 'After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation' reception
Evening: Travel to Grimsby

Friday
Day of constituency work, including:
11am: Visit to Havelock Academy
1pm: Meeting with Sarah Pearson from Yorkshire Forward regarding Grimsby Seafood Village and AJM Consulting
2pm: Meeting for Charlotte Nicklin (student journalist for Channel 7) to interview Austin on his views about the positive things that Labour has done since they came to power.

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For the week commencing Monday 2cnd November 2009

Monday
In the House: GENERAL DEBATE ON TACKLING ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
Morning: Constituency work, then travel to London
4.30 Public Accounts Select Committee: Contracting for Highway Maintenance
6.30 The Paul Foot Awards

Tuesday
In the House: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND GOVERNANCE BILL
12 noon: House Magazine Meeting
12.30 Lunch with the senior editor of the Times of India
4 pm Meeting for Yorkshire and Humber MPs on NHS IT

Wednesday
In the House: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND GOVERNANCE BILL
11 am Meeting concerning council housing
12 noon: Prime Minister's Question Time
12.45 Launch of Ask your Pharmacist Week
2.30 pm Yorkshire and Humber Tourism meeting
3 pm Westminster Flu Awareness Day
3.30 pm Public Accounts Select Committee: Equality and Human Rights Commission.
5.30 Campaign Group Meeting
6 pm House Magazine Reception

Thursday
In the House: GENERAL DEBATE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Afternoon - travelling to Grimsby and constituency work

Friday
All day constituency work plus:
12 noon visit to East Marsh Children's Centre
1 pm Yorkshire Forward meeting
2.30 Surgery at Bishop Edward King Community Centre
7 pm Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner

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