MP demands COBRA meeting as South Western Ambulance Service declares critical incident
14 July 2022
Wera Hobhouse MP has called on the Government to convene an emergency COBRA meeting to solve the local ambulance crisis.
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Bath MP takes over national transport portfolio
12 July 2022
Bath MP and Liberal Democrat Climate Change and Energy Spokesperson, Wera Hobhouse, has taken over the Transport portfolio for the Liberal Democrats. The move means Wera has picked up the Transport Portfolio from Richmond MP Sarah Olney. Wera now covers Climate Change, Energy and Transport.
Boris Johnson must go.
6 July 2022
Bath MP Wera Hobhouse has reiterated her calls for Boris Johnson to resign after Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid resigned after the handling of the Chris Pincher case. Rishi Sunak stated in a Tweet that ‘these standards are worth fighting for and that is why I am resigning.” Both resignations have prompted fresh calls for Boris Johnson to resign amidst criticism of his handling of standards in public life.
Bath MP to debate ambulance and emergency department waiting times
5 July 2022
Bath MP Wera Hobhouse is to debate ambulance and emergency department waiting times. The debate will take place next week in response to soaring waiting times in Bath.
Bath MP Wera Hobhouse slams ‘shambolic’ passport delays
28 June 2022
Bath MP Wera Hobhouse has slammed passport delays as ‘shambolic’ and just ‘one part of broken Britain that the Conservatives are presiding over’.
‘12-hour ambulance waits just the tip of the iceberg’, says Bath MP
21 June 2022
Bath MP Wera Hobhouse has raised concerns over the way that ambulance waiting times are reported, citing that the current system underestimates the wait for an ambulance.
Government abandoning park home residents
14 June 2022
Residents of park home sites like Quarry Rock Gardens in Widcombe have been abandoned by the Conservatives, says local Lib Dems.
Extend free school meals, says Bath MP
8 June 2022
Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath, has thrown her support behind calls for the free school meals scheme to be extended to children from all families who receive universal credit payments.
Wera Hobhouse MP praises ‘purrfect’ care at Bath Cats and Dogs Home
1 June 2022
Bath MP Wera Hobhouse has praised Bath Cats and Dogs Home after a recent visit to their premises in Bath for an excellent record last year when over 500 animals were rehomed and over 130 stray animals were reunited with their owners. Wera Hobhouse also praised the Home for their important animal welfare work helping to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome cats and dogs in Bath and North-East Somerset and parts of Somerset and Wiltshire.
Conservative Bill immoral and anti-democratic says Bath MP
25 May 2022
Bath MP Wera Hobhouse has criticised the Conservatives’ Public Order Bill, describing it as an immoral and anti-democratic attack on our fundamental rights. Mrs Hobhouse slammed the Bill as an attempt to reintroduce measures thrown out by the House of Lords in the Police and Crime Bill. The Bill, which had its second reading yesterday in the House of Commons, contains provisions which would create serious prevention orders that could subject individuals to 24/7 GPS monitoring regardless of whether they have been convicted of a crime or not. This included new stop-and-search powers for the police.