Jenny regularly writes a blog, see below, and occasionally writes for publications including The Guardian, The Independent and The Telegraph
- A Lords Debate on the National Minimum Wage (3/3/2021) - If a Green was put on the Low Pay Commission, it would pay benefits in all sorts of ways. What we should not do is tinker around the edges, which is what is happening at… More
- Domestic Abuse Bill Win (3/2/2021) - This week the Guardian reported that non-fatal strangulation is to carry a five year prison sentence as an amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill. This news comes after Jenny and Natalie have both worked hard to… More
- Trade Bill ‘Ping Pong’ – Lords oppose Government over Genocide amendment (2/24/2021) - This is about ethics, morality, having a clear conscience and making sure that we behave as a democracy should, by abhorring genocide and people being murdered, tortured and imprisoned. This is about operating as an… More
- Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Bill – to enable Ministers to take paid maternity leave from their job for an extended period (2/23/2021) - On the wider aspects of the Bill, it is, of course, utterly unfair. I can see why it is being brought in, but why is it not for all women? It is absolutely appalling that… More
- Rail Freight expert outlines alternative to HS2 (2/19/2021) - I thought I would share this email from Lord Berkeley who served as Chairman of the Rail Freight Group, the industry representative body for the rail freight sector, and is elected as a board member… More
- Domestic Abuse Bill Committee Stage Day 5 (2/10/2021) - Misogyny and sexism are deeply embedded in our society, we have enshrined our condemnation of racism and homophobia in law, but we are not treating sexism as the same kind of priority and it is… More
- Domestic Abuse Bill Committee Stage Day 5: Economic abuse (2/10/2021) - When people think about domestic abuse, they often think about physical abuse, and perhaps about emotional and mental abuse, but tackling economic abuse is just as important if we are to stamp out domestic abuse.
- Spy cops (CHIS) bill back in Lords (2/9/2021) - The government has rejected the most basic attempts by the Lords to amend the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill. Conservative MPs rejected judicial oversight and they rejected an attempt to rule out rape, murder and… More
- Trade, minimum standards and no genocide please (2/4/2021) - The House of Lords has once again stood firm as a voice of morality and reason as this government seeks to reject any imposition of minimum standards when making trade deals. The Lords has become a… More
- Trade Bill ‘Ping Pong’ – Lords pass a further three amendments after Commons strips out all previous amendments (2/3/2021) - We have the time and the expertise to scrutinise things, and that is what we should be allowed to get on with. Jenny spoke in the chamber as the government suffered a further three defeats
