I used to worry about what a seven metre rise in water levels would do to our coastlines and major cities when the Greenland ice sheet melts, but it turns out that, well before that happens, we will be very, very cold Continue reading “Global Warming”
We know the climate is changing; we know that the weather is changing; we know there are more floods and more droughts; so it is very short-sighted not to include environmental sustainability when you are worried about the future of clubs and their financial sustainability Continue reading “Football Governance Bill Committee Stage”
If we were talking about benefit claimants who had behaved in the way that water companies have, we would not just slap them on the wrist in the way that we have the water companies; we would crack down on them, claw back the money and take them to court. The water companies have got off so lightly in this whole process. That really does not seem fair to bill payers or to taxpayers. The water companies have been saying that they invest all the bill payers’ money in infrastructure, but they then take out loans and pay themselves dividends. With this legislation—even with the amendments—the Government are missing the opportunity to crack down on predatory capitalism. Continue reading “Water (Special Measures) Bill Report Stage”
It is unconscionable that the Crown Estate should be profiting from the factory farming of salmon. It is clear that the current rules for the Crown Estate are not good; they are not good enough for the environment or for animal welfare, they are not working to protect to salmon populations from this toxic industry. Continue reading “Crown Estate Bill Report Stage”
This last weekend I joined tens of thousands of people marching for clean water in London Continue reading “Water Bill Committee Stage Day 3”
If I look at this from a completely different perspective, possibly from the perspective of the previous Government, it was a remarkable success story over 14 years because we had huge growth in sewage and pollution and it had a multiplier impact on gross national product. Growth is not an indicator of happiness or of the economy being run for the benefit of many. It is a nonsense soundbite for the economically illiterate and needs to be deleted from this legislation Continue reading “Water Bill Committee Stage Day 2”
The Minister and their civil servants clearly hadn’t read the new research papers as they replied that “They do not represent a significant update to the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)” Continue reading “My Q to HMG on AMOC collapse”
My amendment to require representatives of employees and the public to sit on the boards of water companies Continue reading “Water Bill Committee Stage Day 1”
Yesterday I asked HMG whether they plan to implement the Climate Change Committee’s recommendation to pause permission for new incineration plants to allow for a review of the treatment of residual waste following their deeply irresponsible decision to allow the Portland incinerator to go ahead Continue reading “My Topical Oral Question on Incineration”
The Church of England needs to exercise its proper leadership role as the established church to help our country mitigate the worst aspects of future climate change by committing to rewild at least 10% (i.e., the Biblical tithe) of its land by 2030. Continue reading “Wild Card’s Rewild the Church campaign”
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb 