’90 Day Detention Period Would Breach Human Rights’ Warns Green MEP 15 November 2006 by sianberry 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 […] Read more »
Euro-MPs Demand UN Halts Iran Executions 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 […] Read more »
Green MEP Joins Soup Run As Winter Sets In 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 […] Read more »
London’s Green MEP Celebrates Women Leadership In Capital 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 […] Read more »
The Stern Report: Could this be the tipping point for global action on climate change? 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 […] Read more »
Green GLA member criticises Royal Family 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 […] Read more »
Green MEP question Reid’s move over EU migrants 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 […] Read more »
MEP condemns Gatwick’s ‘disastrous’ expansion plan 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 […] Read more »
MEP warns lack of action merely shifts migrant flows 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 […] Read more »