The Environment and Wildlife Conservation

Plans for a Green Brexit took a huge step forward this week as the Government accepted an amendment drawn up by Richmond Park and North Kingston MP Zac Goldsmith together with Oliver Letwin MP.

Zac Goldsmith MP hosted Carolyn Newton and Carlos De Sousa, founders of The Whale Company, on June 6 in Parliament, where they met with MPs and described their plans to paddle the length of the River Thames ‘from source to sea’ on a home made raft constructed from plastic water bottles.

Zac Goldsmith, MP for Richmond Park and North Kingston, spoke out in Parliament to support a petition calling for a ban on the import into Britain of fur. Zac described the trade as “one of the grimmest of human activities.”

Richmond Park and North Kingston MP Zac Goldsmith hosted and addressed the launch of a groundbreaking new report about the online trade in live wildlife and their parts, which is driving endangered species further towards extinction.

Zac Goldsmith has been campaigning to end the horrors of puppy farming for many years and was pleased to hear on the 21st May 2018 The Government say it could back our Lucy’s Law campaign.

Zac took part in an open debate about environmental politics on 23 May at St Luke’s Church in Kew.

Zac hosted co-hosted a screening of the film ‘In Our Hands’, produced by the Land Workers Alliance, with the Agroecology APPG in Parliament this week. The film was eye-opening and and inspiring – required viewing for everyone interested in food and farming policy post-Brexit.

Zac Goldsmith, MP for Richmond Park and North Kingston, chaired an event hosted by the Sustainable Soils Alliance in Parliament.

Zac Goldsmith MP will host an Environment Event, open to all.

(https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/protect-our-local-environment-debate-wit…)

Zac Goldsmith was joined by Environment Secretary Michael Gove at a “Great Plastic Pick Up” event in Richmond Park.