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CO-OP BANS GMs: Anti-GM Message Couldn't Be Louder
Commenting on the Co-op's decision to ban GMs from its own land and own-brand products, Andrew George MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary, said:
Commenting on the Co-op's decision to ban GMs from its own land and own-brand products, Andrew George MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary, said:
The Liberal Democrats have tabled a new clause (NC26) to the Water Bill to introduce water metering for all homes. The proposals will be debated by MPs on Tuesday 21st October.
"The Government has been warned repeatedly that its waste strategy is pushing local councils towards a policy of incineration. Ministers are not giving councils the support they need make recycling…
The Government has apologised to the Environmental Audit Committee for its 'unconscionable delay' in responding to the Committee's report into the use of illegal timber, Buying Time for Forests.
Liberal Democrats played a key role in the Government's decision today to move to give councils the power to intervene in "high hedge" disputes between neighbours.
Commenting on today's report on fish stocks from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Liberal Democrat Shadow Fisheries Minister Andrew George MP, said:
Commenting on the announcement by the rail regulator that the UK's rail network needs an extra £8bn of public money over the next five years to maintain services, John Thurso MP, Liberal Democrat…
In response to reports that two more vessels in the toxic 'ghost fleet' have left Virginia bound for Hartlepool in Teesside, Norman Baker MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, has tabled…
In response to reports that the Prime Minister has joined with four other European governments to block a European Commission proposal to create the EU's first legal nuclear safety standards, Norman…
Commenting on the publication of the farm-scale evaluation results for three GM crops today, Andrew George MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary, said: