3 APPG memberships (as of 30 May 2024)
Land Value Capture, Ocean, Transport Safety16 Former APPG memberships
Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming, Air Pollution, Airport Communities, Compassionate Politics, Coronavirus, Cycling, Cycling and Walking, Eritrea, Future of Work, Guantanamo Bay, Heathrow Expansion, Heathrow Expansion and Regional Connectivity, Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022, Restorative Justice, Rule of Law, Vegetarianism and VeganismDivision Voting information
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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Sparring Partners
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
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Department Debates
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Legislation Debates
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb has not made any spoken contributions to legislative debateLords initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
6 Bills introduced by Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
A Bill to establish the right to breathe clean air; to require the Secretary of State to achieve and maintain clean air in England and Wales; to involve the UK Health Security Agency in setting and reviewing pollutants and their limits; to enhance the powers, duties and functions of various agencies and authorities in relation to air pollution; to establish the Citizens’ Commission for Clean Air with powers to institute or intervene in legal proceedings; to require the Secretary of State and the relevant national authorities to apply environmental principles in carrying out their duties under this Act and the clean air enactments; and for connected purposes
Monday 5th December 2022
A Bill to make provision about elections to and membership of the House of Lords; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to regulate and limit the practice of bottom trawling in marine protected areas, and for connected purposes
Thursday 16th June 2022
A bill to establish the right to breathe clean air; to require the Secretary of State to achieve and maintain clean air in England and Wales; to involve Public Health England in setting and reviewing pollutants and their limits; to enhance the powers, duties and functions of the Environment Agency, the Committee on Climate Change, local authorities (including port authorities), the Civil Aviation Authority, Highways England, Historic England and Natural England in relation to air pollution; to establish the Citizens’ Commission for Clean Air with powers to institute or intervene in legal proceedings; to require the Secretary of State and the relevant national authorities to apply environmental principles in carrying out their duties under this Act and the clean air enactments; and for connected purposes
First reading took place on 9 September. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.The 2015/16 session of parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress. A bill to make provision for the setting of biodiversity and other targets; to establish aNatural Capital Committee; to require local authorities to maintain local ecologicalnetwork strategies; to identify species threatened with extinction; for access to qualitynatural green space; and to include education about the natural environment in thecurriculum for maintained schools.
Wednesday 9th September 2015
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to commission a programme of research into the merits of replacing the council tax and non-domestic rates in England with an annual levy on the unimproved value of all land, including transitional arrangements; to report to Parliament within 12 months of completion of the research; and for connected purposes.
Wednesday 11th June 2014
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 2 Written Questions
(View all written questions)1 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions
(View all Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb's Defra questions)The Government committed to banning the import of hunting trophies in its Manifesto. We intend to deliver on this and are currently considering the most effective way to do so.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Comprehensive monitoring, in compliance with Environment Agency and water company standards and practices, is undertaken by HS2 Ltd’s supply chain in the vicinity of all HS2 construction activities. All of the monitoring data is subsequently shared and reviewed regularly with the Environment Agency, and for the Colne Valley area, with Affinity Water.
No adverse effects on groundwater or surface water ecosystems have been detected to date during construction of the Colne Valley Viaduct or Chilterns Tunnels, or from other construction activities across the wider Chalk aquifer through which HS2 passes. Monitoring will continue into the post-construction phase to confirm that there are no residual or developing water related issues.
Minister of State (Department for Transport)