I signed this letter to the Secretary of State which was sent last week Continue reading “Trophy Hunting Ban”
Category: Ecology and animal protection
People need wild spaces and green spaces and other species need them too. Sharing our world with other species is part of the joy of being alive, when we cage and abuse them, or destroy their habitat, we demean ourselves in the process
Jenny works to increase green spaces and protect animals and wild space
Read on to see her latest posts on this these topics
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill Third Reading
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill Report Stage
My Amendment 9 on the exemptions in the Bill is supported by WildFish, an organisation with extensive expertise in marine conservation, whose work highlights the importance of making sure that decisions to rely on exemptions are transparent. I would like to have moved this amendment, but we are obviously in a hurry to complete the Bill, so I have held off, but it is incredibly important that we do not allow exemptions without understanding why they have happened. Continue reading “Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill Report Stage”
Independent Water Commission
I intervened in this debate to say: Does the Minister understand the depth of disappointment that a lot of environmental campaigners have felt because the remit did not include taking water out of private hands? There is a general feeling of absolute anger that public ownership was not considered. Does the Minister accept that? I include Feargal Sharkey and myself among those environmental campaigners who are horribly disappointed. Continue reading “Independent Water Commission”
My debate on Drax
I asked HMG what assessment they have made of the environmental credentials of Drax in view of the new investigation by Stand.earth which reported that Drax had purchased logged trees from old growth forests in British Columbia in 2024 Continue reading “My debate on Drax”
Phase out crates and cages!
Green MP Adrian Ramsay wrote to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about our poor animal welfare standards and the need for funding to transition away from them. The letter was co-signed by Irene Campbell MP and another 34 Parliamentarians
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill
We need to ensure that our Government listen to a range of experts, not just to those people with loads of cash who can use money and personal contacts to gain access to the detailed discussions. My biggest concerns are monitoring and enforcement: I simply do not understand how those two things will happen in any sort of efficient way. I would like us to become a world leader in pushing for the establishment of marine protected areas in places beyond national jurisdiction. While I am sure that most here would like this Bill to pass so that we can sign up to international law, I would say that it does not go far enough to protect our ocean.
Continue reading “Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill”
Water and Sewerage Companies
National Oceanography Centre strategy launch
I spoke last night at the launch of the National Oceanography Centre’s strategy for the next decade, held at the Science Museum. These people are doing great work! Continue reading “National Oceanography Centre strategy launch”
Water Companies: Private Ownership
Water companies currently have 12,000 criminal convictions against them. Can the Minister tell me at what number he will consider these people criminals and not fit to have an operating licence to deliver our water? Continue reading “Water Companies: Private Ownership”
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb 