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Category: Other issues
Burning waste: Letter to Climate Change Committee
Thank you for your response to my previous letter regarding incineration and climate change. I am writing to you ahead of the publication of the CCC 6th Carbon Budget advice to government to draw your attention to serious failures in your previous analysis of this issue.
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Incineration vs reuse and recycling
If all the incinerators in our planning process are built in the next few years we will double our capacity to burn waste and double greenhouse gas emissions. So if government aims to reduce the waste we produce, do we have less recycling or import more waste?
Protecting small businesses
The Internal Market Bill may place a lot of extra burdens on small businesses.
An extra two storeys on your neighbours house
There was no meaningful Parliamentary vote on whether people will be able to add two storeys to their house, or a block of flats, without seeking planning permission. MPs and Lords got no say in this decision, as it was agreed by the Minister using secondary legislation. There was no chance for peers to suggest amendments requiring people to bring a home up to modern, high standards of energy efficiency, when a lot of money is being spent raising the roof.
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The Government’s Internal Market Bill – on the road to Hypercapitalism
The third day of the internal Markets Bill saw a series of amendments relating to issues around devolved powers and the environment
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HMG sharing Test and Trace data with the police
Last Friday the Government released something late – which is their way of hiding things that they think will be unpopular – namely, that they will be sharing data with the police… Continue reading “HMG sharing Test and Trace data with the police”
Massive Lords majority to defend rule of law
Green peer Jenny Jones welcomes Lords’ “regret” amendment to Internal Market Bill
- Jenny Jones: “The Internal Market Bill is part of the government’s executive power grab and the main losers will be the devolved nations and regions”
The House of Lords has today [Tuesday 20 October] passed an amendment to the Internal Market Bill regretting the provisions which, if enacted “would undermine the rule of law and damage the reputation of the United Kingdom.” Continue reading “Massive Lords majority to defend rule of law”
UK Internal Market Bill: Second Reading
The rule of law is essential to an open and democratic society and the institutions which embody and protect it. Any Government that seeks to secure widespread compliance with the law must itself adhere to it
The legislation and regulation around COVID19 remains convoluted
My Lords, the classic comedy, “Yes Minister” has a running joke. When the Minister stands up to give a speech, he starts by saying, “We live in a time of change”. That could not be more true now because we are definitely living in a time of change. Continue reading “The legislation and regulation around COVID19 remains convoluted”
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb 