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Tag Archives: Wera Hobhouse
Food Waste and Food Distribution refers to FareShare
On Tuesday a session took place in Parliament that is entitled Food Waste and Food Distribution and the person who opened this is Jo Gideon who is the Conservative MP for Stoke on Trent and she states “I beg to … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Anne McLaughlin, Daniel Zeichner, FareShare, Jo Gideon, Paul Girvan, Selaine Saxby, Steven Bonnar, Wera Hobhouse
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Lets ask our MP’s about FareShare requirements
A number of years ago in 1989 the Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Labour colleagues created the Early Day Motions (EDM) which are intended to enable MPs who are not members of the Government to be able to proposed … Continue reading
The Liberal Democrat Conference and impact in Sussex
This is the second day of the Conservative Conference in Manchester. It will be interesting if we can discover what, if any, contributions from our Sussex MPs that will come from it. It ends on Wednesday and will be closely … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Alison Bennett, Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat, Sarah Waite, SEERA, Steve Coogan, Sussex, Wera Hobhouse
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Last week Parliament re-opened with several themes
(This item first appeared in the Brighton Argus on 12th June 2023 and its headline was “MP’s Commons debate on World Ocean Day”) Parliament reopened last Monday following the Half Term break with a significant number of events that took … Continue reading
A very positive response from Wera Hobhouse
On Monday I wrote a blog focused on the debate that Caroline Lucas organised last Thursday entitled Public Access to Nature and The Argus newspaper printed it out under the headline of ‘We are increasingly isolated from nature’. That content … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Caroline Lucas, Rachael Maskell, Robin Walker, Wera Hobhouse
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Some events that focus on Clean Airs and Living Costs
It is encouraging when a local MP sets out a debate that has a significant impact on our communities and also across the whole of our Nation. There are several MPs that occasionally set out such activities and so it … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Environment, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Caroline Lucas, Wendy Chamberlain, Wera Hobhouse
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Hi Lloyd, could you endorse this COP27 related motion?
As I wrote yesterday, the Brighton Pavilion MP, Caroline Lucas wrote an Early Day Motion back on the 24th October and it now has 19 MPs who have signed it which includes Zarah Sultana and Dan Carden who are both … Continue reading
Would your MP endorse Global Registry of Fossil Fuels
On Monday my MP, Caroline Lucas raised a call from other MPs to endorse the Global Registry of Fossil Fuels using her Early Day Motion. On the same day five more MPs agreed with her and so the EDM became … Continue reading
Will more MPs support the #RightToRoam #EDM
A few days ago my MP set out this text on twitter calling for a significant improvement to the prospect for #RightToRoam in our nation. The text from the tweet is reproduced below and the text for the standing order … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Caroline Lucas, Claudia Webbe, Sammy Wilson, Wera Hobhouse
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Fossil Fuel Extraction statements took place yesterday
Yesterday at 11.13am in the House of Commons the Fossil Fuel Extraction took place based on the text that emerged from “They Work for You” which can be found here. It was not a surprise that along with the author … Continue reading
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