Since being elected, I have focused a lot of my time on the environment and climate change. I do this because I think that growing climate instability is a major threat to the prosperity and security of our descendents and we have a responsibility to them. I am also very aware that for my constituents few things matter more than the quality of the local environment, and what we can do to keep the area clean and green.

In Parliament

• Member of the Environment Audit Committee for three years. This influential ,select committee holds the Government to account for the effectiveness of its environment policy. For more information | website
• Board Member (2007) of the Quality of Life Policy Commission with specific responsibility for Climate Change Policy | website
• Officer of Globe UK, part of the international network of Parliamentarians who are engaged in dialogue on climate change policy
• Chairman of joint British Conservative Party/ German CDU Party working group on Climate Change Policy
• Served on Joint Committee scrutinising the Draft Climate Change Bill
• Serving on the House of Commons Standing Committee that will scrutinise the Climate Change Bill
• Leading campaign to ‘Green the ECGD ‘

In the Constituency

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