My Views

Jenny regularly writes a blog, see below, and occasionally writes for publications including The Guardian, The Independent and The Telegraph

• Crime and Policing Bill Committee Stage Day 12 (1/26/2026) - Police officers do a very difficult job—I am very appreciative of that and understand the problems—and most do it well. But when someone abuses that role, the damage is much greater for public trust. It… More
• Trophy Hunting Ban (1/21/2026) - I signed this letter to the Secretary of State which was sent last week
• Crime and Policing Bill Committee Stage Day 11 (1/21/2026) - His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services does really important work in shining a light on what is going wrong, but inspection takes us only so far. My amendment asks whether the… More
• Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill Third Reading (1/20/2026) - I do not think that any Bill on the ocean would ever have gone far enough for me, but I am very happy that this Bill is passing. Hansard record here Bill, soon to be… More
• Crime and Policing Bill Committee Stage Day 10 (1/19/2026) - At some point we have to accept that the police’s use of Facial Recognition Software needs regulation. We cannot accept that the police constantly mark their own homework. We were reassured that all the flaws… More
• COP Climate Negotiations: Cities (1/15/2026) - C40 was set up in 2005 by the then Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone; at that point it was C20, with only 20 cities. Now there are 96 cities, with a quarter of the global… More
• Crime and Policing Bill Commitee Stage Day 9 (1/14/2026) - I think that the law on protest has now reached such proportions that the police really cannot be expected to stay up with what is happening. The Minister said that the police are going to… More
• Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill Report Stage (1/13/2026) - 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… More
• Independent Water Commission (1/13/2026) - 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?… More
• Crime and Policing Bill Committee Stage Day 8 (1/8/2026) - I am furious that we are in this position, that we actually have to do this, and that it is not obvious to any Government that in a democracy we need the right to protest… More