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Wera Hopes Olympic Success will Leave Bath Residents #InspiredToTry Swimming

27 July 2021

Following the gold medal for Team Bath's very own Tom Dean at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, the Bath MP is hoping the Olympics will leave local people #InspiredToTry swimming.

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Wera Praises Bath Phil’s Young Carers’ Programme

27 July 2021

Wera is calling for greater support for the nation's young carers...

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Bath MP Blasts Government for Cruel Treatment of Asylum Seekers

22 July 2021

Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath, spoke out strongly against Priti Patel’s proposed Nationality and Borders Bill...

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Bath MP: Don't Rob Communities of Their Say in Planning

20 July 2021

Wera Hobhouse criticised Government proposals to remove local input into development applications...

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Wera: We Need an Equality Act that Works for Today’s Society

16 July 2021

Bath MP Wera Hobhouse took part in the cross-party launch of the report ‘The Equality Act 10 Years On’.

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Bath MP: Covid Demands Caution

16 July 2021

Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath, urged residents to get fully vaccinated and to take personal responsibility for the safety of themselves and others.

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Wera Hobhouse Only Somerset MP to Vote Against Foreign Aid Cuts

15 July 2021

Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath, has accused the Conservative Government of abandoning their election commitment on international development spending by voting to maintain the UK’s cut on foreign aid spending.

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Wera Calls for Physical Proof of Settled Status for EU Citizens

9 July 2021

Drawing on her unique personal perspective as a European who has made her home in this country for decades, Bath MP Wera Hobhouse highlighted the human cost of Brexit and the Tory Government’s hostile treatment of EU citizens.

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Wera: Policing Bill Falls Short in Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls

6 July 2021

Wera Hobhouse MP for Bath, used her speech on the Government’s proposed Policing Bill to focus on its shortcomings in preventing widespread violence against women and girls.

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Bath MP Urges Government to Ban Conversion ‘Therapy’

2 July 2021

Speaking in the debate in Parliament on 1st July to mark Pride Month, Wera Hobhouse, the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Equalities, called for an end to the abusive and harmful practice of so-called conversion therapy.

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