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My Oral Question on Carbon Budget 6
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether their policies and plans will deliver Carbon Budget 6 Continue reading “My Oral Question on Carbon Budget 6”
My QSD on Public Office (Accountability) Bill: Exclusion
To ask HMG why Members of Parliament and members of the House of Lords are excluded from Clause 11, “Offence of misleading the public”, of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill; and what consideration they have given to removing this exclusion. Continue reading “My QSD on Public Office (Accountability) Bill: Exclusion”
New Housing: Flood Risk
I do not want to get into the water reform Bill too much—it is a terrible Bill and the Government ought to withdraw it—but on this issue of flood risk, the fact is that houses are still being built on places that risk flooding. Some of the solutions are much wider than just putting a few ditches around the housing project. Continue reading “New Housing: Flood Risk”
Global Biodiversity Loss and National Security
Drax revelations
We joined others in writing to the Secretary of State following media reports that one senior manager wrote “we’ve been saying we don’t source from these forests when it appears we might be.” We are deeply concerned that Drax is in receipt of a substantial billpayer subsidy, currently guaranteed until 2031 Continue reading “Drax revelations”
How your Green Peers voted on the Employment Rights Bill
Both Green Party peers voted against all Conservative amendments during the final stage of the Employment Bill being passed into law and voted for the overall Bill. Our MPs did the same. Even though the government watered down the bill to backtrack slightly on employment rights from day one, the Employment Bill was a step forward. Continue reading “How your Green Peers voted on the Employment Rights Bill “
Crime and Policing Bill Committee Stage Day 15
Regulators such as Ofwat have been in bed with the water industry bosses, and the Environment Agency has lost staff and legitimacy. Labour are wedded to private ownership of water and refuse to consider public ownership, even though it would be the most popular legislation they could enact this Parliament.
These amendments take a direct route to stopping pollution by making this personal to the people at the top. If they do not spend the money to invest and reduce pollution, then that is a crime. They are taking the public’s money and failing to improve. Continue reading “Crime and Policing Bill Committee Stage Day 15”
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Committee Stage Day 4
Ultimately, these amendments are about empowering local decision-making Continue reading “English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Committee Stage Day 4”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage
I feel that we have completely failed children who are home educated; we have not understood how important that aspect of education is for many children. At the moment, there are excessive data powers, legal ambiguity and the erosion of long-standing parental rights. It is just so much worse than it could be, and I feel very sad about that. I have three grandchildren who were home educated; two are now studying at Cambridge and the other is making films, so their home education did not hold them back. I am concerned about the digital ID as there are no safeguards on sharing that information. There are unchecked powers for the local authorities, and there was no meaningful consultation or risk assessment. Therefore, home-educated children are subject to a higher level of scrutiny and data extraction, and it just seems that we are going to a place where a lot of children are going to be very disadvantaged, because being taught at home is not an option for them. Continue reading “Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage”
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb 