Diary

An overview of some of the recent events Tobias has been involved with.

As Shadow Minister for Culture Media and Sport many of the recent meetings are linked to Tobias' direct responsibility for Tourism Licensing and Gambling.

General debates and parliamentary business that takes place in the House of Commons is not included.


Date Topic
April 2008  
Tues 1st Meeting with Tescos Head Office to discuss tackling anti social behavior
   
March 2008  
Mon 31st Meeting with David Weston of the B&B Association
  Meeting with Noble Organisation and Talarious
Sat 29th BECA Coffee Morning, Southbourne
Fri 28th Visit to Palmerston Road Doctor's surgery
  BECA Lunch: Ocean View Hotel
Thur 27th Visit to Party Gaming HQ
  Meeting with Chief Executive of Race Course Association
  Guest Speaker: Bournemouth Chamber of Trade and Commerce
Weds 26th Lunch with the Mayor of Bournemouth and Sir John Butterfill MP
Sat 22nd Visit to Boscombe Chine Gardens Open day
Fri 21st Visit to Blackburn Muslim community with Radio 4
Thur 20th Meeting with Chief Executive of Visit Britain
Weds 19th Presentation of 10 Minute Rule Bill in the light of the Lib Dems' signing of the Casino contract.
Tues 18th NATO Parliamentary Briefing
  Meeting with Defence Minister to discuss death of Capt Tom Philipson
  Speakers' Reception to meet US Congress Delegation
Fri 14th Visit to North Eastern Region RDA: One North East
Thur 13th Meeting with British Casino Association
  Address at Society for Storytelling
Tues 11th Question Time on Tourism - Birmingham National Tourism Show
Mon 10th BALPPA Parliamentary lunch
  Launch of British Tourism Week, Millbank Tower
Sun 9th Guest on BBC Politic Show at the RNLI College, Poole
Sat 8th Walkin Surgery Strouden Library
  Visit to Hope FM studios, YMCA, Bournemouth
Fri 7th Visit to St Alban's Medical Centre, Charminster
Thur 6th Visit to local residents' association Littledown to discuss planning applications
  Guest speaker: St Paul's Evening Group, Throop
  BECA Executive Meeting
Weds 5th First meeting of the Conservative Alcohol Advisory Group
  Meeting with David Marshall head of ABTA
Tues 4th Guest speaker: ABBI lunch
Mon 3rd Meeting with Head of Afghan Desk at the European Union
   
February 2008  
Thur 28th Guest speaker: National Outdoor Events Association, Oxford
Weds 27th Guest speaker: Coningsby Club Dinner
  Meeting with Tim Lamb CCPR regarding integrity of sports betting
Mon 25th Town Hall meeting with police to discuss anti social behavior
Sat 22nd Strouden Surgery
Fri 21st Visit to Queen's Park Infant School
  Talk to Bournemouth University Political students
Thur 20th Meeting with Townsend Residents to discuss threat to Townsend School
Weds 19th All Parliamentary Group on Betting and Gaming
Tues 19th Briefing from the Heritage Lottery Fund
  Meeting with SW MPs and SWRDA
Mon 18th Meeting with Jeremy Beadles, Chief Exec Wine and Sprit Association
Fri 15th Meeting with Inspector Neil Monroe, Commander Winton Police Station
  Meeting with Denmark Road doctors to discuss new GP contracts
  AZDA charity raffle draw, Castle Point
  Dinner and Address: Swindon Conservatives
Thur 14th EU Conference on Internet Gambling, Brussels
Weds 13th Day visit to Thanet to review tourism
Tues 12th Meeting with Boeing Aerospace company
Fri 8th - Mon 11th Parliamentary visit to Saudi Arabia
Weds 6th Meeting with Head of Scottish CBI
  Meeting with selected Adult Gaming Centres to discuss taxation on arcades
  Meeting with Thomas Cook to discuss British tourism

Tues 5th

Address to BACTA Lobby of Parliament
  Briefing from Camalot operators of the National Lottery
  Meeting with Shadow Tourism team to discuss rural tourism
Mon 4th Meeting with Race course Bookmakers
  Meeting with the Pistol Shooting Association
  Drinks Reception for Defence Affairs
Sat 2nd Lunch and match: AFC Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest
  Bournemouth East Conservatives Coffee Morning
Fri 1st Meeting with Boscombe Area Businesses Against Crime
  Meeting with Bournemouth University's Tourism Department
  Meeting with Bob Bolton head of Bournemouth Police
   
January 2008  
Thur 31st Meeting with directors from Visit Britain
  Visit to Loughborough University
Weds 30th Meeting with Head of the UK Beer and Pub Association
  Bingo Association Annual Dinner
Mon 28th Visit to Hedley Court Rehabilitation Centre
Fri 25th 66 Club Dinner, Highcliffe Hotel Bournemouth
  Surgery Boscombe
Thurs 24th Meeting with British Casino Association
  Lunch with Adam Murry head of the Murry Foundation
  Throop and Muscliff Area Forum, Bournemouth School for Girls
Weds 23rd Nation Flood Awareness Briefing
Tues 18th Lunch with the Afghan Ambassador
  Meeting with Shadow Treasury team to discuss support for Bingo and arcade industries
  Meeting with senior lecturers from Bournemouth University
Mon 21st Lunch with Nick Howard Chairman British Horse Racing Authority
  UK Gaming Awards Ceremony, London
  Briefing by Former US Ambassador to Iraq
Sun 19th Conservative Future drinks Ballards Cafe Bournemouth
  Walkin Surgery: Moordown
Fri 18th Residents meeting in Queen's Park to discuss over development
  Visit to John Beals Amusements Boscombe
Thurs 17th Meeting with US Senator Chuck Hagel
  Meeting with British Bingo Association
Weds 16th Dinner with Gala Coral
  Meeting with the Casino Association
  Reception with 2012 Olympic Team
Tues 15th Dinner with ABTA
  Meeting with Directors of Hilton Hotels to discuss UK tourism
Mon 14th Meeting with James Bidwell of Visit London
  Meeting with Scottish leaders to discuss day light saving
Fri 11th Meeting with Vice Chancellor Bournemouth University
  Meeting with Cllr Bob Lawton and officers to discuss wider use of Bournemouth seafront
Weds 9th Gambling Commission's New Year Reception
  Meeting with Gala Coral
  Meeting with Matt Waldman policy advisor for Oxfam
Tues 8th DCMS Parliamentary Select Committee evidence session on UK Tourism
Mon 7th Westminster Round table discussion on late licensing
Fri 4th Meeting in Town Hall about Security of the Night Time Economy
Thur 3rd Meeting with defence company Thales
December 2007  
Mon 17th Meeting with Head of SW Heritage Lottery Fund and Big Lottery
  Meeting with Racecourse Association
Sun 16th Visit to Stonehenge to assess cuts to the funding modernization of tourist facilities
Sat 15th Walk in surgery Charminster Library
Fri 14th BECA Christmas Lunch with special guest Daniel Kawczynski MP
  Meeting with Chief Executive of Bournemouth Hospital
Thurs 13th Meeting with members of the Adult Gaming industry
Weds 12th Charity Naval Boxing match, Carrington House Hotel
Tues 11th Meeting with Yorkshire RDA 'Yorkshire Forward'
Mon 10th Meetings with members of the Levy board
  Meeting with visiting Afghan delegation to UK
Sun 9th BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards
Fri 7th BECA skittles evening, Moordown
  Meeting with Queen's Park residents
Thurs 6th Meeting with Swedish MEPs to discuss EU gambling law
  'Active Dorset' Awards ceremony
Weds 5th Institute of European Affairs debate with US Ambassador to the EU, Boyden Grey
  Presentation 'History vs Policy' at the Cabinet War Rooms
Tues 4th Meeting with Racing UK to discuss the horseracing levy
  Breakfast presentation to the Tourism Alliance
Mon 3rd Meeting with West Midlands RDA to discuss UK tourism
Sat 1st BECA Coffee Morning
November  
Sun 25th - 29th Parliamentary visit to Iraq
Fri 23rd Visit to King's Park Primary School
  BECA Surgery
  Update meeting with Bournemouth and Poole Primary Care Trust
Thurs 22nd BECA Executive Meeting, Southbourne
  BACTA Convention, Queen Elizabeth Centre
Weds 21st Meeting with BACTA
Tues 20th British in Sport and Leisure Conference
  Meeting with the British Horse Racing Authority
Mon 19th Visit to Parliament by Avonbourne School
Sun 18th Tory Tea in the Triangle, Bournemouth
Sat 17th Bournemouth's Autumn Fayre
Thurs 16th Presentation at the 'One World Summit' of students at the University of East London
Weds 15th Regimental Lunch with the Royal Green Jackets
  Remote Gambling Association AGM
Tues 13th Meeting with various UK casino operators to discuss the 2005 Gambling Act
Mon 12th Visit to Parliament by Porchester School
  Meeting with NW RDA to discuss UK tourism
Sun 11th Bournemouth Remembrance Day Service
Sat 10th BECA Coffee Morning
  Poppy Appeal, Bournemouth Town Centre
Fri 9th Presentation of awards to school children at Littledown Tescos (Computers for Schools)
  Community and Voluntary Services AGM held at AFC Bournemouth
Thurs 8th Meeting with the Race Course Association
  Casino Association AGM
  Dinner with the Gambling Commission
  Meeting with All PartyParliamentary Group on Betting and Gaming
Weds 7th Meeting with East England RDA
  Epiphany School visit to Parliament
Tues 6th Visit to Catterick Training Garrison
Sun 4th Salvation Army's Charity event: 'A Night to Remember'
  10km Charity Fun Fun with Bournemouth's Chiropractic College
Sat 3rd Walk in surgery - Tuckton Library
Fri 2nd BECA Lunch with guest Liam Fox
  Visit to Bournemouth Chiropractic Collage
  BECA skittles night - Moordown
Thurs 1st Breakfast meeting with US State Department representatives to discuss Anglo US relations
  Meeting with Remote Gambling Association to discuss the growth of Internet gambling
   
September  
Sat 29th- Weds 3rd Oct Conservative Party Conference Blackpool
Fri 28th Guest speaker at One Day Tourism Conference, Torbay
Thurs 27th Bournemouth Churches Housing Association AGM
  Strouden Area Forum at Bournemouth School for Girls
Weds 26th Address to the Young Chamber Schools at Fitness First
Tues 25th Meeting with 'Gamcare'
  Demonstration with pensioners outside BIC during Labour Party Conf
Mon 24th Visit Dorset Fire and Rescue Service
Sun 23rd Bournemouth and Christchurch Alzheimer's' Branch charity walk
  Annual Bournemouth East vs West Softball match
Sat 22nd Meeting, East Dorset Tory Working Group
Fri 21st Meeting with David Shepherd from Shaftsbury tourism
  Bournemouth School Speech Day
Thurs 20th Meeting with Boscombe Residents' St Johns Church
Tues 18th Meeting with Gambling Association on Prevalence Study of Gambling
Mon 17th Meeting with British Casino Association
  Meeting with (US) Ambassador Schweiz to discuss Afghan poppy crops
Fri 14th BECA surgery, Boscombe
  Visit to St Mary's church
Thurs 13th Meeting with Adam Murrey of the Murrey Foundation
  Cheque presentation to Life Education Bus at Queen's Park School following charity expedition to Arctic Circle
  Visit to Bournemouth Society for the Visually Impaired
  Meeting with team from Operation Globe to discuss a levy for pubs and clubs in the town centre to pay for policing
Weds 12th Moderator for Dorset Conservative Future debate in the Town Hall
Tues 11th Meeting with Oxfam
  Meeting with representatives from the Jockey Club
Mon 10th Meeting with James Bidwell of VISIT LONDON
  Meeting with British Advertising Association
  Meeting with CEO of Gambling Commission
Fri 7th Meeting: Dave Wells, Property Developer
  Evening with Bournemouth Police on night patrol in town centre
Weds 5th Bournemouth Chamber planning meeting, Mirimar Hotel
Sat 1st BECA Coffee Morning
   
August  
Fri 31st Opening of Providence Doctors Surgery, Boscombe
  Remembrance Service at Body Positive
Weds 29th Meeting with UK Inbound to discuss British tourism
Tues 28th Meeting with BALPPA to discuss British tourism
Tues 21st Morning and lunch visit to Help the Aged
Mon 20th Meeting with Residents' Group for Cafe Riva
Sat 18th Visit to Throop Allotments Open Day
Weds 15th Meeting, Springbourne Area Forum, St Mary's Church
Mon 13th Meeting, Boscombe Area Forum, St John's Church
Sun 12th BECA Annual Bowls on the Beach
Fri 10th Town Hall round table meeting to discuss future of Point House Cafe
  Madam Mayor of Bournemouth's charity cricket match
Sun 5th Hospital Radio Bedside Fete, Bournemouth
Sat 4th BECA Coffee Morning, Southbourne
Thurs 2nd Meeting with Miles King, Natural England to discuss Hengistbury Head
  Meeting with Peter Atkins, East Dorset Mental Health Forum
Weds 1st Meeting with Cllr John Beezley to discuss over-development
  Meeting with Mark Smith, Head of Bournemouth Tourism
July  
Mon 30th Meeting with BaE Systems to discuss Army procurement
  Lunch with John Lewis Head of Tory Tourism Task Force Group
Sunday 15th - 29th Visit to Rwanda for two weeks to rebuild an orphanage and preschool
Sat 14th Visit to Cherry Tree Nursery Open Day
  Holdenhurst village fete
Fri 13th Lunch, Bournemouth Business Leaders' Forum, Montague Hotel
  Meeting with Head Teacher, Queen's Park Infant School.
Weds 11th Reception, Kurdistan Regional Government
Mon 9th Meeting with Middle East Parliamentary Council
  Meeting Opposition Leader, Pakistan
Sat 7th BECA coffee morning
Fri 6th Meeting with Cafe Riva, Boscombe
  Meeting with MD of Bournemouth Airport to discuss expansion
  Meeting with Lloyds TSB, Bournemouth
Thurs 5th Meeting with sculpture Chris Butler to discuss Frankenstein statue
Weds 4th Meeting with Thales Group to discuss Army procurement
Tues 3rd Meeting with Big Lottery fund to discuss bids for Bournemouth
  Meeting with Jim Knight MP to discuss Townsend School
Mon 2nd Meeting with Kate jopling and Help the Aged
Sun 1st Memorial Homes Fete, Castle Lane
   
June  
Fri 29th Meeting with Trans Dev (Yellow Buses), Town Hall
  Meeting with Head of LEA to discuss Townsend School
  Records of Achievement Afternoon, Bournemouth School for Boys
  Visit to Seafront Oceanarium to sign Marine petition
Thurs 28th Legal Aid Awards Ceremony, Smithfields
Mon 25th Training day for Rwanda Orphanage Project
Sat 23rd Bourne Spring Open Day, St Mary's Church, Springbourne
  Queen's Park BBQ, Wimbourne Rd
Fri 22nd Meeting with Head Teacher Bournemouth School for Girls
  Meeting with Chief Executive AFC Bournemouth
  Visit to Hope FM Studio, Westover Rd
Thurs 21st Summer drinks at US embassy
Mon 18th Dinner: with Bournemouth's AECC Chiropractic College
Sun 17th Visit to Jane Austen's House and the Watercress Line
Fri 15th Far Eastern Conference on Counter Narcotics
Thurs 14th Parliamentarians Meeting on rail issues in South West
  Briefing from Lockhead Martin
  Meeting at No 10 to discuss proposal for Afghanistan
Wed 13th Dinner with Kuwaiti ambassador
  Sat 31st House of Commons Vs Lords Tug of War
Fri 8th Tory Dorset Group Meeting
  Meeting with head teacher at Bournemouth School
  Littledown Quiz Night - Southbourne Conservative Club
Fri 7th Strouden, Throop and Muscliff Area Forum
Mon 4th Launch of William Hague's book on Wilberforce
Sat 2nd Coffee Morning Boscombe East - Hotel Bristowe
Fri 1st Visit to Hengistbury Head Centre

 

May

 
Tues 29th Meeting at Queen's Park Infant School
Mon 21st-26th Visit to Washington DC (meeting ambassador and senators)
Fri 24th BECA AGM St Katherine's Church. Southbourne - 2.30 PM
Tues 15th Meeting with head of Oxfam policy in Afghanistan
Fri 11th Bristowe Evening - 7.30 PM
Thurs 11th Breakfast Briefing: The Royal United Services Institute
Wed 9th Launch of Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain
Tues 8th Reception with BaE Systems
Wed 4th Meeting President of Bournemouth University Students' Union
Tue 3rd Bournemouth Local Elections
   
April  
Mon 30th Breaking the Chains Exhibition
  Meeting with the Director of the International Baccalaureate and David Willets
Fri 27th Visit to Talbot Heath School
Thurs 26th FCO round table on Foreign Affairs
Sat 21st Tuckton walkin surgery
Fri 20th Visit to Queen's Park Infant School
  Meeting with major developers in Bournemouth
  Public meeting at the David Lloyd Sports Centre to discuss closure
Weds 18th Meeting with UK Mobile phone operators
Mon 16th Meeting with FCO representatives for work in Afghanistan
  Dinner with Thales Defence Group
Sat 7th Boscombe Chine Gardens - Easter Fun Day
Weds 4th Meeting with staff at Job Centre Plus - Poole
March  
Sat 31st Mayor's Ball
  BECA AGM
Thurs 29th Southbourne Area Forum
Wed 28th David Cameron book launch
  Meeting with Prime Minister
Tues 27th Tory Front Bench Dinner
Sat 24th Tuckton walk-in surgery
Fri 23rd Meeting with Geoff Walker, Bournemouth Housing Solutions manager, Town Hall
  BECA Surgery
  Visit to Avonbourne School
Sat 17th Boscombe Area Forum
  Eastcliff Residents Association
Fri 16th Meeting with junior doctors at Bournemouth Hospital
Thurs 15th Irish Embassy National Day Reception
Wed 14th Conservatives and Republicans Abroad
Tues 13th Meeting with members of Iraqi Parliament
Mon 12th Dinner with Frank Gardner BBC Middle East corespondent
Tues 6th Dinner with airline pilots to discuss air safety
Mon 5th Dinner with David Cameron
Sat 3rd Coffee Morning - Boscombe East
Fri 2nd Skittles Moordown Conservative Club
  Residents' meeting in Walpole Road
  Visit to Dorchester Prison
February  
Tues 28th Meeting with the charity group 'Children of Peace'
Weds 21st Meeting with Brigadier Ed Butler, Commander UK Forces in Afghanistan
Sat 17th Coffee morning - Moordown
Fri 9th-16th Westminster Challenge: expedition to the Arctic circle
Tues 6th Charity reception for the Westminster Challenge with Matthew Parris
Sat 3rd Association Lunch
Thurs 1st Strouden Park Area Forum
   
January
Weds 31st Presentation by the SW Regional Development Agency
Tues 30th Visit to Cancer Research charity laboratories
Sat 27th Devon and Dorset Regimental Ceremony
Fri 26th