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21 November 2006 by sianberry
London Green Party Chair, Noel Lynch said "Commuters have suffered too long from the application of a flawed ideology. Metronet makes £1,000,000 per week but cannot produce even a minimum acceptable service. Only a week ago the company was slated by the independent PPP arbiter for failing to do it’s job properly. Their inefficiency caused […]
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Jean Lambert joined with Liberty and the British Muslim Initiative at a Rally to Defend Religious Minorities to address the issue last night. Recent reports have shown that mounting levels of Islamophobic prejudice and discrimination have been present in the UK since September 11th 2001, yet little has been done to address the suspicion and […]
Jean Lambert opened the EU premiere of the opera-musical ‘Some Sunny Night’ highlighting that we can ‘make the impossible possible.’ Jean Lambert, who is a member of the Parliamentary Intergroup on disability rights joined with Cystic Fibrosis Europe, the organisation representing 30,000 patients in 30 European Countries, Unicef and the Norweigian Ambassador to call for […]
18 November 2006 by sianberry
We already have two Green councillors in Camden. Vote for Sian and give Camden an even stronger Green voice on your local council. Sian was only 157 votes off winning a seat in Kentish Town in the May council election. This time she can win. More and more Greens are getting elected around London and […]
17 November 2006 by sianberry
Jean, who has lived in Walthamstow for over thirty years, urged Londoners to make a small change to their lives to ensure that generations to come had a positive future to look forward to. Jean commented; "We are currently facing an inevitable climate change crisis. If we are going to change this and improve our […]
The MEP demanded an explaination as to why they continue to allow the persecution of political leaders, trade unionists and defenders of human rights. Jean Lambert, who has been awarded for her work on justice and human rights signed up to a letter, presented to President Alvaro Uribe Velez and Vice President Francisco Santos, demanding […]
Jean, who is London’s Green MEP, has continued to campaign for the rights of victims of trafficking and welcomed today’s comprehensive report which looks at all dimensions of trafficking, not just that of sexual exploitation. “Of those countries signed up to the EU’s initiative for short term residents permits, designed with vicitims of trafficking in […]
16 November 2006 by sianberry
– 71% of UK’s leading energy experts believe the 2006 energy review proposals will not have any impact on ensuring UK achieves its 2012 Kyoto targets – Government is funding projects that actively damage the climate – EU about to take UK to court for failure to ensure public buildings are labelled according to energy […]
15 November 2006 by sianberry
Responding to the Mayor’s announcement of his plans to increase charges for more polluting vehicles, Darren Johnson, a Green Party member of the London Assembly said: "The Mayor’s announcement is fantastic news. Ever since congestion charging was introduced I have argued that the most polluting vehicles should pay much more. I fully support the plans […]
Jenny Jones, a Green Party member of the London Assembly, will tomorrow challenge London Mayor Ken Livingstone on the failure to tackle the spiralling levels of fuel poverty in London. New figures show that the number of fuel poor households in London has more than doubled since 2003, from 108,000 households to 214,200. Jenny Jones […]
Jean Lambert, Green / EFA coordinator on the employment and social affairs committee, said; “We have no framework directive covering these areas which are essential in combatting poverty, encouraging social cohesion and are of particular importance to women. “The Council and the Parliament have refused to include the necessary legal clarifications and the statement of […]
Jean Lambert, who has been awarded for her work on Justice and Human Rights said that by trusting such assurances the UK Government would be working to double standards and said; "The Queens speech has highlighted some important and serious questions over plans to tighten control orders of suspected foreign terrorists, deporting them to countries […]
13 November 2006 by sianberry
UK Green Party MEPs Caroline Lucas and Jean Lambert have called on Mr Annan – as well as a range of senior EU and UN leaders – to step in and demand Tehran commutes the death sentences, which follow convictions in unfair trials based on evidence extracted under torture and widely condemned by human rights […]
10 November 2006 by sianberry
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6 November 2006 by sianberry
After speaking with some of the homeless people Jean Lambert, who has been awarded for her work on Justice and Human Rights, praised the Simon Community for their continuing efforts but warned that unless the UK Government and Polish Authorities take serious action to support the rising number of homeless EU migrants this winter the […]
2 November 2006 by sianberry
Women who participated in the Elevate – Management & leadership training for women programme -celebrated today the achievements of this 2-year project at the project’s final event at City Guildhall in London. They were joined by numerous guests including Jean Lambert, the London’s Green Member of the European Parliament (MEP). She said: "Elevate has provided […]
1 November 2006 by sianberry
The long-awaited Stern report has warned that unchecked climate change will create 200 million environmental refugees and cost £3.6 trillion – some £566 for every man, woman and child on the planet, pushing the world into economic depression. The Green Party today called for an ‘urgent’ Government response to the report’s findings – including an […]
25 October 2006 by sianberry
The Green Party today criticised the decision to illuminate Buckingham Palace for up to 6 hours a night. Councillor Darren Johnson, Chair of the Greater London Authority’s Environment Committee, said, "Given the urgent need to conserve energy and tackle climate change, we should be turning lights off, not, switching them on." According to the International […]
24 October 2006 by sianberry
Green MEP, Jean Lambert, has today questioned John Reid’s move to block EU Migrants and his assumption that EU nationals should be in low paid jobs. Jean, who is London’s Green MEP and sits on the Employment and Social Affairs Committee in the European Parliament, where she works on issues including immigration, social inclusion and […]
20 October 2006 by sianberry
The proposed expansion, revealed in BAA’s ‘Interim Gatwick Airport Master Plan’ this week, says the airport should be handling 40m passengers by 2015 – and 80m just 15 years later. It accepts that a court ruling prevents the construction of a new runway at Gatwick until at least 2019, but urges company managers to draft […]
19 October 2006 by sianberry
On the occasion of a fact-finding mission to a ‘retention centre’ for immigrants on the Canary Islands today, which is part of the Greens/EFA study days, UK Green MEP and rapporteur for the European Parliament report on the immigration situation in the Canary Islands Jean Lambert stated: "The Spanish authorities’ handling of the immigration situation […]
25 July 2006 by sianberry
London Green Party Chair, Noel Lynch, is quoted in The Mail on Sunday (23/7/2006) as saying "It is an absolute scandal" – Tax Credit take-up as low as 13%- over 1 million low earners losing out www.hmrc.gov.uk These were released in March but seem to have been completely missed in the blizzard of comment surrounding […]
20 July 2006 by sianberry
Marking the first anniversary of the hanging of two gay teenage boys in Iran Green MEP Jean Lambert spoke out in anger against Iran’s homophobic persecution. Jean, who is a member of the European Parliament’s Intergroup on Gay and Lesbian Rights supported the 24 global protests organised as part of the international day of action […]
17 July 2006 by sianberry
Splitting responsibility for trains and tracks when privatising the railways was a ‘fundamental error’ and the link must be restored, the Conservatives will say today in a major shift in policy. Alan Francis, Green Party Transport Spokesperson commented: "We welcome David Cameron’s admission that the Tory privatisation of the railways was a mistake. However he […]