Fracking (Lynne Featherstone's speech on Fracking to the LibDem 2016 Spring Conference is at about 2 hours 7 minutes in this video. The Motion was passed without Ed Davey's amendment by about 2 to 1. Ed's speech is before Lynne's.)
Invitation to back an Emergency Motion on the EU campaign for the York Conference Since formation of the Liberal Democrats, the Party has believed that it is in the interests of the United Kingdom, and of the European Union as a whole, that the UK takes an active part in EU decision making. The Party and its partners in the ALDE Group are striving to improve the EU, including by increasing its efficiency and democratic accountability.
Councillor Ian West has submitted an alternative plan to the Stonehenge tunnel.
The European Union has been central to improving the quality of the UK's environment.
Residents who pay for their green bins to be collected by Wiltshire Council will be charged an extra £2 next year, and those who take their stuff to the Household Recycling Centres may be asked to pay for the privilege.
This is just quick post to ask you to respond to a very important consultation called the Minerals and Waste Joint Plan. This document decides North Yorkshire policy on minerals and waste for all sorts of things - including fracking - for the next 15 years. It will only take you five minutes (or longer if you would like to spend more time on it, of course), so please do it today.
Pippa Heylings MP becomes Liberal Democrat Energy Security and Net Zero Spokesperson with vow to take take green issues to the heart of Westminster
Pippa took part in the Commons debate in Westminster Hall on UK priorities for COP29, the UN climate change conference, on Sep 10th
In one of their first votes in Parliament, the new Liberal Democrat MPs for Cambridgeshire have voted in support of an amendment to the King's Speech which would see action taken on sewage dumping, cost of living and the NHS
Pippa Heylings joined with Cam Valley Forum campaigners on Sunday 19th May for a swim to celebrate Sheep’s Green in Cambridge receiving a Bathing Water Designation
On Wednesday, Conservative MPs including South Cambs MP Anthony Browne voted against a new law which would have seen water companies in court for sewage spills.
The 2024 ENDS Power List for politicians who have championed environmental causes has been published. It is a list of 50 politicians in the country and Pippa is honoured to be part of that list!