In what other area of public-facing policing do the police make up their own rules? Continue reading “Police: Facial Recognition Technology”
Author: jonesjb
My amendment to Renters’ Rights Bill Report Stage Day 1
This amendment, which I feel strongly about, is designed to help renters and the Government. It aims to improve upon a good policy that creates warmer homes and cheaper bills. The climate benefits from the warmer home grant, as do landlords, so why not guarantee that tenants get cheaper bills without a rent rise for a couple of years? Continue reading “My amendment to Renters’ Rights Bill Report Stage Day 1”
Social Energy Tariff
Does the Minister agree that spending more money on home insulation would be a more permanent solution to the energy problems that low-income families face? Continue reading “Social Energy Tariff”
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Why are this Labour Government retaining provisions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 and the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 that when in opposition they condemned as immoral and destructive of human rights commitments? Continue reading “Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill”
Employment Rights Bill Committee Stage Day 4 – whistleblowing
Whistleblowers save public money and expose bad practice. They should be celebrated, yet they are treated as traitors by professions, public services and corporations Continue reading “Employment Rights Bill Committee Stage Day 4 – whistleblowing”
Public Transport: Expansion and Electrification
My amendment on Day 6 of Renters’ Rights Bill Committee Stage
In Kirklees, a Green councillor, Andrew Cooper, was one of the driving forces behind a street-by-street insulation programme. Reports on how that worked out afterwards highlighted how much people are concerned about cowboy builders but that they trust their local authorities. That street-by-street process works well, but to make that happen you need the data. That is what this amendment is designed to achieve. Continue reading “My amendment on Day 6 of Renters’ Rights Bill Committee Stage”
Lord Speaker’s Corner
Speaking to the Speaker about why I campaign on topics including salmon farming and water company pollution in the latest episode of ‘Lord Speaker’s Corner’ Continue reading “Lord Speaker’s Corner”
My amendment on Day 5 of the Renters’ Rights Bill Committee Stage
Natalie moved my amendment for me on Monday saying ‘All the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed Members of the House who are still here at 12.47 am will note that I am not Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. My friend is the Green lark, and I am the Green owl, so you get me after midnight’ Continue reading “My amendment on Day 5 of the Renters’ Rights Bill Committee Stage”
Employment Rights Bill Committee Stage Day 3
Maternity leave is already a very hard-fought and essential right, but the imbalance between maternity and paternity leave is structurally embedding gender differences that do not benefit society Continue reading “Employment Rights Bill Committee Stage Day 3”
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb 