Quentin Davies MP - Bourne

Bourne Wood - 27 February 2008

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:59:09 +0000

I learnt yesterday with some consternation that the rumours that the Forestry Commission have entered into negotiations with a developer about a Western by-pass scheme for Bourne which would encroach into Bourne Wood have been confirmed by the Commission.

I have today written to Mr Paul Hill-Tout, Director of the Forestry Commission for England, asking to see the plans and requesting a meeting to discuss them.

Of course Bourne needs a North-South bypass. I have said so for many years and – in vain – lobbied the District Council many years ago to make development on the eastern side of the town conditional on such a by-pass being constructed to the east. I continue to believe that a by-pass to the east is feasible.

Travellers' Sites: Why Bourne? Article for Bourne Local 18 July 2007

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:42:59 +0100

In twenty wonderful years as Bourne’s MP I have had many requests to take up personal cases, or causes in the interest of the town as a whole. I have always tried to be as helpful as I could.

In all this time no one has ever approached me to say that what the town needed was a base for gypsies or “travellers”.

My initial reaction when I heard that S.K.D.C. was proposing this was disbelief. There are so many useful things that public money might be spent on. And so strong a case for economy to keep the Council Tax down (a matter on which I think that our District Council – and let me be quite fair to a party of which I am no longer a member – has a very good and commendable record.) Why spend money on something for which there is no demand?

QUENTIN DAVIES MP BACKS CAMPAIGN FOR UK’s SIX MILLION CARERS June 2007

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:50:17 +0100

Quentin Davies MP has teamed up with former Miss Great Britain, Preeti Desai, and pledged his support for Carers Week 2007* (11-17th June). Quentin Davies MP and Preeti are drawing attention to the UK’s six million carers – people who look after a loved one who is either ill, frail or disabled – to help them gain the recognition and support they desperately need.

‘My Life as a Carer’ is the theme for Carers Week, and a survey of 3,500 carers has revealed the immense impact caring can have on every aspect of their life including, health, finances, career and relationships.

Two out of every three carers (66%) admitted that their personal relationships had suffered as a direct result of caring, with 60% revealing they have little quality time together with their partners. Two thirds (67%) admitted to being financially worse off, with a quarter (28%) unable to support their family properly. An alarming three-quarters of carers had not had a break from their caring role in the past 12 months.

Christmas Message; Bourne Local December 2006

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:03:18 +0100

Christmas in Bourne, for me at least, has a familiar pattern. Happy, well-attended carol services (this year as for several years past the Salvation Army in the Corn Exchange, and the Methodist congregation in their own church), one or two visits to old peoples’ homes, and buying mince pies at Burtons (where I buy my bread throughout the year).

This year, so far as I could judge, the crowds in the shops, the queues in the Post Office and the traffic on the roads, were at least as great, perhaps greater, then ever before.

In our uncertain world, Bourne seems thankfully prosperous, neighbourly, safe and secure.