My Views

Jenny has written for many publications in the past including The Guardian, The Independent and The Telegraph

  • Drugs: Prohibition and Criminalisation (11/12/2026) - The Green Party Drugs Policy Working Group requested Jenny initiate this debate which took place yesterday: To ask His Majesty’s Government, in light of the rise in deaths linked to cocaine, ketamine and synthetic cannabinoid… More
  • Courts and Tribunals Bill Committee Stage Day 1 (11/11/2026) - I said at Second Reading that I was going to oppose a lot of the clauses in the Bill, and I will be standing up several times today to do exactly that. The first clause… More
  • Climate Change: Resilience (11/11/2026) - With the Government backtracking on EV targets, heat pumps, warm homes, no oil and drilling—for example, Jackdaw—and now proposing more airport expansion, which climate promises are the Government going to stick to? Lord Katz replied… More
  • Palestine Action arrests outside Supreme Court (11/9/2026) - I wrote to the Metropolitan Police Commission last week saying: Dear Commissioner As you will know, yesterday (3rd November), around twenty-five campaigners were arrested outside the Supreme Court for holding up signs using the same… More
  • Health Bill Committee Stage Day 1 (11/4/2026) - Clause 4: Reducing inequalities Amendment 6 moved by Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb 6: Clause 4, page 3, leave out lines 22 to 29 and insert— “1C Duty to improve public health and reduce health inequalities(1)… More
  • Courts and Tribunals Bill Second Reading (11/4/2026) - I always love following Lord Carlile, and hearing about his exploits. The story about judges’ acquittal rates is perhaps because they are deeply misogynistic—but I do not know. At the start Lord Ashcombe, talked about… More
  • Thames Water (10/21/2026) - I intervened in this debate on drought to say: Thames Water, which I am a customer of, will run out of money within the next few weeks. Eighteen months ago it was given £3 billion… More
  • Loss of confidence in Southern Water (10/19/2026) - On 7th October Havant Borough councillors unanimously passed a vote of no confidence in the local water company Southern Water. I spoke at their meeting to say: “I’ve come today because it’s an opportunity to… More
  • My Oral Question on Havant Thicket Reservoir (10/15/2026) - I asked HMG: What independent safeguards they intend to put in place at the Havant Thicket reservoir to ensure contaminants such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, nano plastics and other emerging pollutants do not present… More
  • Ministers dodge the question (10/15/2026) - WONKHE reports on Ministers dodging the question of candour in universities following my contributions to the Public Office Bill Committee Stage Day 1