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It is time we had the right to repair
Baroness Helene Hayman Published in BusinessGreen : 12 March 2024• 3 min read Baroness Hayman sets out why she is proposing an amendment to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill which would make it easier and cheaper to repair electronics The runaway success of BBC One's The Repair Shop speaks of a much wider public appetite for a society that throws away less and mends more. Research  has found that two thirds of people are regularly frustrated by products that
Mar 12, 2024


Celebrating four years of cross-party working on climate and nature
On Tuesday, Peers for the Planet’s (P4P) annual parliamentary reception took place in the House of Lords to celebrate four years of cross-party working on climate and nature.  The event brought together members of the P4P cross-party grouping and parliamentarians across both houses and political divides, as well as over 100 representatives from across diverse sectors and civil society who have supported the groups work.  P4P Chair Baroness Hayman, opened the event by paying
Mar 8, 2024


Parliamentarians meet US climate envoy before he steps down
On Monday, cross-party parliamentarians held a roundtable discussion with Secretary John Kerry, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, as part of his final visit to Europe ahead of leaving his post as climate envoy and joining the campaign to re-elect Joe Biden. Â The discussion explored how parliamentarians can play their part in delivering the global climate commitments made at COP28 and the agreement signed by nearly 200 countries to "transition away from fo
Feb 27, 2024
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