Barry Gardiner MP

Campaigning for a greener world since 1997 as Minister for Biodiversity, Shadow Secretary for Energy & Climate Change, Director of GLOBE & Climate Parliament

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First through the door of the PLP Office this morning.

And the queue went all down the stairs!

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As chair of the @bees_appg I'm excited for our inquiry into the effects of invasive species on pollination in the UK to get underway this week. There is still time to submit evidence to the @RoyEntSoc before the deadline.

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Had fun last month chatting with Matt
about Labour and Life in General
https://t.co/B6kXuCJg7K

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With air pollution killing as many as 43,000 people a year, you would think a New Clean Air Act would be a priority for a new government.

Particularly as achieving World Health Organisation guidelines is estimated to save the country £27Billion a year!

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The 4 minute limit in today’s Leasehold Reform debate was a bit tight.

But good that so many MPs wanted to urge the government to get on with it.

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Tony Blair’s @InstituteGC published his damning assessment of the “soft left” Labour Party.
He thinks we should abandon clean energy for cheap energy and jump on board the high tech AI revolution.

Today @mainstreamlbr published my Response to Blair.

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The children @ChalkhillSch really impressed my friends from @GLOBE_intl with their great questions at our climate change surgery.
Thanks to Senator Sam Onuigbo from Nigeria and National Assembly Member from South Africa, @Cedric_Frolick who shared their huge knowledge with them.

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In what was an ill-tempered debate on Climate Change today, I tried to lighten the mood by cutting 22 of the 23 pages of my speech.

Whilst still putting the opposition right on a few points!
😉

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Today The Royal Society cancelled its conference on Extreme Heat because of…
…Extreme Heat!!

Yesterday the Met Office issued a forecast for a realistic day in summer 2056 this is what it looked like…

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Labour MPs united in welcoming @andy4makerfield back to Parliament.

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Resilience to Heat

Why have we not learned the lessons?

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On Politics London they asked what I hoped @andy4makerfield might mean for Londoners

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And for animal-loving Londoners…
…we talked of how best we can all
Help Hedgehogs!

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Today on Politics London
All you need to know about Reform and their politics of blame.

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A lovely morning campaigning with old friends an new.

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On @thameswater government is eventually moving in the right direction.

BUT much too slowly!
The Water Special Measures Act provides the mechanism to put Thames into a Special Administration Regime
It currently meets the threshold for both a performance and insolvency SAR
DO IT

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Squaring the Circle?
How can we observe the Climate Committee’s strictures and keep to government’s own rule not to use international offsets whilst ascribing 10MT of emissions reductions to CORSIA in the plan?
Oops!
Maybe write to the committee on this please Minister.

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As the Iran/US “Deal” is announced and a signing ceremony in Switzerland next Friday there are 3 things to look for:
1. What will happen to Iran’s enriched uranium?
2. Will Iran stop sponsoring global terrorism.
3. Will there be free access to the Straits of Hormuz