31 March 2023
During the Government’s ‘Powering Up Britain’ statement on 30th March, Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath and Liberal Democrat Climate and Energy Spokesperson, called Ministers out for the lack of ambition they have shown with their new net zero strategy.
31 March 2023
At Business Questions on 30th March, Wera Hobhouse, Lib Dem MP for Bath, asked the Government to update the House on the progress of the Rosebank oil and gas field application and how it could be considered compatible with the UK’s climate targets.
29 March 2023
New analysis by the Liberal Democrats reveals that over 2,000 businesses are at risk of closure in the South West following the Chancellor’s Budget.
29 March 2023
During the Committee of the Whole House for the Illegal Migration Bill on 27th March, Liberal Democrat Bath MP Wera Hobhouse told the Government not to turn the country’s back on those fleeing persecution. She went on to ask that more safe and effective, legal routes be made available to refugees.
28 March 2023
At Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) Questions on 27th March, Bath MP Wera Hobhouse asked Michael Gove, Secretary of State for DLUHC, whether he would give Local Authorities the first right to purchase public land in order to build more social housing.
27 March 2023
Bath MP Wera Hobhouse’s Private Members Bill, which aims to protect employees from sexual harassment in the workplace, passed Second Reading in the House of Lords on Friday 24th March. It was introduced by the Liberal Democrat MP for Bath in the House of Commons and is now moving through the legislative process in the Second Chamber.
24 March 2023
Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath, alongside the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Students, has called on the Government to provide greater support to students as they endure the cost-of-living crisis.
24 March 2023
Wera Hobhouse, the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Energy Security and Net Zero, has been appointed as Vice Chair of the Environment All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG).
23 March 2023
Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath, has called on the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to suspend the ex-PM Boris Johnson from the Conservative party.
23 March 2023
The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Chancellor to cancel Conservative tax cuts for big banks and instead give carers a pay rise, after analysis of figures buried in the Budget revealed banks are being handed a tax cut of £17.8 billion over the next five years.
