Saturday 18 December 2021 Environment / Jim McMahon Jim McMahon responds to proposed ban on peat compost sales Continue Reading
Monday 15 November 2021 Climate Change / Environment / Keir Starmer Keir Starmer responds to the Prime Minister’s COP26 statement Continue Reading
Friday 12 November 2021 Ed Miliband / Environment Ed Miliband comments on the latest COP draft text Continue Reading
Wednesday 10 November 2021 Climate Change / Ed Miliband / Environment Ed Miliband comments on the draft COP26 text Continue Reading
Tuesday 19 October 2021 Ed Miliband / Environment Ed Miliband on the Government Net Zero Strategy Continue Reading
Tuesday 19 October 2021 Climate Change / Ed Miliband / Environment Full text of Ed Miliband statement in the House on the Government’s Net Zero strategy Continue Reading
Wednesday 22 September 2021 Daniel Zeichner / Environment Labour responds to WHO clean air announcement Continue Reading
Saturday 18 September 2021 Ed Miliband / Environment Ed Miliband responds to energy firms talks with Government over gas price rises Continue Reading
Wednesday 15 September 2021 Daniel Zeichner / Environment / Farming Labour calls for public bodies to buy British food on Back British Farming Day Continue Reading
Monday 9 August 2021 Climate Change / Environment / Keir Starmer Keir Starmer responds to IPCC report on climate change Continue Reading
Thursday 29 July 2021 Environment / Luke Pollard The severe impacts of climate crisis are happening here and now – Luke Pollard Continue Reading
Monday 19 July 2021 Environment / Luke Pollard Media announcements don’t save animals from cruelty and extinction – Luke Pollard Continue Reading
Monday 28 June 2021 Business / Ed Miliband / Environment Analysis reveals UK has only 15% of the charging points it needs to meet net zero Continue Reading
Thursday 24 June 2021 Ed Miliband / Environment Labour comments on the Climate Change Committee’s Annual Progress Report Continue Reading
Tuesday 18 May 2021 Environment / Luke Pollard Luke Pollard responds to the Environment Secretary’s speech at Delamere Forest on nature and the environment Continue Reading
Tuesday 18 May 2021 Ed Miliband / Environment Ed Miliband responds to the Business Secretary’s admission that the Heat and Buildings Strategy still has no date for publication Continue Reading
Monday 17 May 2021 Environment / Luke Pollard Labour responds to Greenpeace report revealing UK plastic waste is being dumped & burned in Turkey Continue Reading
Tuesday 20 April 2021 Environment / Luke Pollard Labour sets out ambition to “be the party of the great British countryside” as data shows Conservative cuts to cost rural England a quarter of a billion this year alone Continue Reading
Monday 19 April 2021 Ed Miliband / Environment Labour comments on reports the Government is to announce a new emissions target Continue Reading
Friday 26 February 2021 Environment / Luke Pollard Amazon rainforest plots being sold via Facebook – Luke Pollard responds Continue Reading
Thursday 11 February 2021 Environment / Luke Pollard Millions of older people at risk from toxic air around their homes – Luke Pollard responds Continue Reading
Thursday 11 February 2021 Environment / Luke Pollard Labour criticises possibility of 140,000 more badgers being killed before end of the badger cull Continue Reading
Thursday 4 February 2021 Anneliese Dodds / Environment Labour responds to Government’s carbon tax plans Continue Reading
Tuesday 12 January 2021 Environment / Keir Starmer Starmer – Tackling climate emergency must be at the heart of our rebuild from the pandemic Continue Reading
Friday 11 December 2020 Ed Miliband / Environment Ed Miliband responds to the Government ending support for fossil fuel projects overseas Continue Reading
Tuesday 17 November 2020 Business / Ed Miliband / Environment Ed Miliband responds to the Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution Continue Reading
Monday 6 July 2020 Economy / Ed Miliband / Environment Ed Miliband responds to the Government green jobs investment announcement Continue Reading
Friday 19 June 2020 Environment / Luke Pollard Luke Pollard comments on the Government consultation on tree planting Continue Reading
Friday 5 June 2020 Animal Welfare / Environment / Luke Pollard Luke Pollard comments on reports Government allowing low animal welfare and environmental standards in future trade deals Continue Reading
Friday 5 June 2020 Ed Miliband / Environment Labour launches consultation on how to create ambitious green economic recovery Continue Reading
Thursday 16 April 2020 Environment / Fishing / Luke Pollard Ministers have waited too long to support fishing businesses – Luke Pollard Continue Reading
Monday 16 March 2020 Environment / Flooding / Luke Pollard Lessons must be learned from Whaley Bridge reservoir incident – Luke Pollard Continue Reading
Thursday 5 March 2020 Daniel Zeichner / Environment Ministers must act more quickly to end inhumane badger cull Continue Reading
Wednesday 4 March 2020 Andy McDonald / Energy / Environment Government still way off track to meet climate targets – Andy McDonald responds to cleaner fuels consultation Continue Reading
Wednesday 4 March 2020 Environment / Luke Pollard Labour calls for an independent review of government handling of floods Continue Reading
Tuesday 25 February 2020 Environment / Flooding / Luke Pollard New environment bill leaves the UK woefully unprepared to tackle flooding Continue Reading
Friday 21 February 2020 Environment / Luke Pollard Government ban on polluting fuels for domestic burning – Pollard responds Continue Reading
Monday 17 February 2020 Environment / Luke Pollard Government inaction on flooding – Labour demands the Prime Minister convene COBRA Continue Reading
Saturday 15 February 2020 Environment Storm Dennis reality of climate crisis – Luke Pollard Continue Reading
Sunday 9 February 2020 Environment / Luke Pollard Storm Ciara reality of climate crisis – Luke Pollard Continue Reading
Thursday 30 January 2020 Environment / Luke Pollard HMG’s Environment Bill – Luke Pollard responds Continue Reading
Thursday 23 January 2020 Environment / Luke Pollard Luke Pollard responds to Committee on Climate Change report on land use Continue Reading
Saturday 7 December 2019 Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Labour has the most ambitious programme to tackle the climate and environmental emergency – Rebecca Long-Bailey Continue Reading
Monday 2 December 2019 Environment / Jon Trickett Redacted report shows Tories bend over backwards to serve interests of big business Continue Reading
Thursday 28 November 2019 Environment / Jeremy Corbyn Full text of Jeremy Corbyn’s speech on Labour’s environmental policies Continue Reading
Thursday 28 November 2019 Environment / Jon Trickett Government suppresses report that calls into question the viability of fracking Continue Reading
Thursday 28 November 2019 Environment / Jeremy Corbyn / Sue Hayman Labour announces plans for ten new National Parks in England Continue Reading
Tuesday 26 November 2019 Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long-Bailey responds to UN calls for urgent action to cut emissions Continue Reading
Friday 15 November 2019 Climate Change / Environment / Sue Hayman ‘Boris Johnson cannot greenwash his atrocious environmental record’ – Sue Hayman responds to the Conservatives’ tree planting pledge Continue Reading
Wednesday 13 November 2019 Brexit / Environment / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long Bailey responds to Boris Johnson’s claim that Brexit will create a “green energy revolution” Continue Reading