Emma joined with former Queen guitarist Brian May and the rest of Team Fox in Parliament on Monday (6 July) to oppose the Tories’ plans to bring back fox hunting. Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that MPs will be given a vote on an amendment to the Hunting...
Emma has challenged the Government over their failure to properly fund flood defence projects in Shields, after the Environment Agency published figures showing less than one third of funding promised for local projects has actually been delivered. Speaking at...
Emma joined Labour MPs on Monday (26 January) to block Tory plans to fast-track fracking, and forced the Government into an embarrassing retreat. Labour tabled an amendment to the Infrastructure Bill to place strict conditions that would have to be met before fracking...
Last Thursday (27 November) Emma spoke in a parliamentary debate on food security, raising a number of concerns about the Coalition’s food security policy. Emma explained how unstable food prices could result in low-income families falling into food poverty, as she...
This Thursday at Environment Questions Emma warned that Government cuts at the Environment Agency were endangering communities across Britain. Emma told the Minister Dan Rogerson that the devastating floods seen in parts of the UK this winter showed that cuts to the...
