20 December 2023
On 20th December Wera Hobhouse MP was proud to present Harmonie-Rose Allen with the Points of Light award. Points of Light are outstanding individual volunteers – people who are making a change in their community, and every week day the Prime Minister recognises an inspirational volunteer with the daily Points of Light award.
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19 December 2023
On 13 December, Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath and spokesperson for Energy and Climate Change, was awarded the Environmental Champion of the Year by the Environment All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG).
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14 December 2023
On 12th December, Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath and spokesperson for Energy and Climate Change, hosted a roundtable with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) to discuss the effects of climate change on young people’s health.
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13 December 2023
Wera Hobhouse MP has shown her support for reforming rail fares and ticketing at an event held in Portcullis House on the 12th of December. The MP for Bath attended an event in Parliament hosted by Campaign for Better Transport where they joined other MPs in calling for a fairer ticketing system which makes booking easier and provides better value for passengers.
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12 December 2023
Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath, is calling on the government to put more robust measures in place to keep children in school, following a worrying increase in pupil absences since the pandemic.
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11 December 2023
On Thursday the 7th of December, Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath, called for a parliamentary debate on supporting small and grassroots music venues across the UK following the closure of beloved grassroots music venue Moles.
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8 December 2023
On Thursday the 7th of December, Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath and Liberal Democrat Transport spokesperson pressed the government for a long-term commitment to electrify the UK's railway network during an urgent question to the Secretary of State for Transport, Huw Merriman.
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8 December 2023
Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath, has written to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Barclay, to call on the Government to ensure that consumers can be confident that when they send packaging for recycling, it’s actually recycled.
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8 December 2023
On Friday 8th December, Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath and Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Energy & Climate Change, arrived at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai as part of the official parliamentary delegation.
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6 December 2023
On November 30th, Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath, marked Small Business Saturday in the House of Commons, a day to celebrate and support local independent businesses. The Bath MP, highlighted the importance of small businesses for communities like Bath.
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