The following is the text of a letter that I sent to the Secretary of State urging the delivery of a 10-year plan for dementia as soon as possible: “I’m getting in touch having been contacted by Alzheimer’s Society campaigners in my constituency to ask that you deliver the 10-year plan for dementia as soon …
Many constituents have contacted me about opposing the Rosebank oil field and I can tell you that I fully support this campaign. I am completely opposed to the granting of new licences for oil extraction, and I will continue to call on the government to exercise the powers it has to stop granting them. Opening …
I know that many constituents have deep concerns about the issue of Assisted Dying, Dignity in dying and Choice at the End Of Life. This is a debate that continues apace and that is understandable. Allow me to explain my position on this. End of life care and the law around assisted dying are complex and …
We are facing an existential threat from global warming exacerbated by continuing use of fossil fuels. I have championed the use of wind energy all along, and the energy crisis has forced to government to consider all the alternatives, and support for onshore wind has been growing even within the Conservative party. We must move …
Clean air targets should be brought forward. The government is clearly delaying on this and their policies are taking us backward rather than forward, eg among other things, approving a Cumbria coalmine. I have campaigned for many years on air quality, and I have challenged the government on air quality issues directly in parliament on …
Many of you have got in touch with me by email about abortion being kept accessible; your messages have been very informative and make a great deal of sense to me. I have for many years spoken out publicly and in in parliament on a woman’s right to safe and legal abortion and I am …
