The Recall Bill proposed by the deputy prime minister was a “dangerous thing” which would make it “almost impossible” for voters to get rid of their errant MP, a Conservative politician has said.
On the 7th July, a cross-party group of MPs met in Parliament to finalise a genuine Recall Bill that would give voters the power to remove MPs if they lose the confidence of a majority of their voters.
On 10th September in Parliament, Zac Goldsmith MP, Stanley Johnson, the RSPB, the Blue Marine Foundation and the Pew Trusts presented a pamphlet calling on the Government to commit to creating Marine Protected Areas around three of its Overseas Territories: Pitcairn, Ascension, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Zac Goldmith, MP for Richmond Park has today joined Animal Defenders International (ADI), the organisation spearheading the campaign to end the use of wild animals in circuses in Britain, to back a new bill introduced today by former Labour Defra Minister Jim Fitzpatrick MP to ban such acts.
The UK’s massive use of antibiotics on farms is breeding lethal drug resistance into bacteria, writes Zac Goldsmith. Although we use five times more antibiotics per animal than Scandinavian countries, Cameron is mysteriously reluctant to clamp down on abuses.
Zac Goldsmith assembles cross-party group of MPs to finalise a genuine Recall Bill that puts voters in charge of sacking MPs who have lost the confidence of their constituents.
Cross-party support builds in favour of a genuine Recall BillA cross-party group of MPs has come together to create a genuine Recall Bill, that puts voters in charge of sacking MPs who have lost the confidence of their constituents
