All articles written by Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb on PoliticsHome.com

08 Nov 2023 Environment

Cleaning up our polluted air and ending the climate crisis are part of the same overall goal

Air pollution and climate change are often treated as two individual issues. Baroness Jones, vice-chair of the Air Pollution APPG, explains why they go hand in hand on the way to a greener future.

14 Nov 2022 Environment

Lords Diary: Baroness Jones

Despite all the recent political turbulence, the challenges of the Lords keep Baroness Jones young

19 Jul 2022 Brexit

Baroness Jones: It's time we rethink Brexit and restore closer ties with the EU

I’m fed up with the government’s Brexit mess. This government has made such a mess of Brexit that I think we have to start talking to the EU about options for restoring closer ties.

17 May 2022 Home affairs

We’re in danger of losing our democracy

Last week, a young woman was arrested at her flat the day after stewarding a peaceful protest against the policies of our government.

23 Jul 2021 Environment

COP26 is make or break to tackle the climate emergency

The climate emergency is happening now and even if we turned off the taps on every oil well and gas pipe tonight, that is only going to slow the process down, not stop it.

13 May 2021 Environment

Our precious environment deserves time and attention

I don’t see anything in the proposed Environment Bill that would provide an effective check on ministers making bad decisions. Peers will need to really kick up a fuss to give the Bill some legal teeth.

12 Mar 2021 Home affairs

It’s unacceptable that women are forced to police their own behaviour because men can’t police theirs

My suggestion for a 6pm curfew for men incensed people far more than the police telling women not to go out alone. It speaks volumes of our victim blaming culture.

21 Jan 2021 Home affairs

Labour will be 'complicit in state oppression' if they abstain on spy cops Bill

The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) Bill is hugely flawed. Unamended, it will grant blanket legal immunity for spies, undercover police and informants to commit crimes.

17 Dec 2020 Environment

Ella inquest should pave the way for a new Clean Air Act

Ella’s mother's campaign to get air pollution recognised as the cause of her daughter’s death is a breakthrough, but it should not have taken 7 years. We need a new Clean Air Act with legal teeth to deliver the urgent action needed.

20 Nov 2020 Environment

To hit zero carbon by 2030 we need traffic reduction, not just a ban on the sale of petrol cars

Electric vehicles do less damage to the climate than most petrol or diesel cars, but still contribute to carbon emissions. Electric charging points must use only renewable energy to make the switch to electric worthwhile.

16 Jun 2020 Environment

In the House of Lords, the Agriculture Bill is creating rebellion and dissent on a large scale

The Conservative manifesto was clear on maintaining existing standards and that greenlights a rebellion by peers.

19 May 2020 Coronavirus

The UK was late going into lockdown and is now coming out too fast

Jacob Rees-Mogg has told MPs that they must set an example and return to work, but the best example MPs could set is to carry on working from home.

05 May 2020 Coronavirus

Alongside a secure NHS app, we must adopt a strategy of community shielding

The data-sharing safeguards of a contract-tracing app have to be watertight. However, the real work of safeguarding should be done by local communities.

23 Oct 2019

Lords Diary: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

“I can see that the current Government muddle is indicative of Johnson’s opportunistic tumbleweed style of governing”

06 Aug 2019 Foreign affairs

This Hiroshima Day, the Iran crisis means we need a voice of reason and calm in Number 10

Writing on the 74th World Hiroshima Day Baroness Jones states that as we remember the devastation of nuclear war there is a rising standoff between the US and Iran.

18 Mar 2019 Home affairs

Jenny Jones: Ministers must provide clarity on the use of child spies

There are significant questions about whether the use of children as Covert Human Intelligence Sources contravenes the UN convention on the rights of the child, writes Jenny Jones

15 Oct 2018 Home affairs

Jenny Jones: It’s time to restart the fuel duty escalator – and show we’re serious about our environment

Air pollution from cars is damaging our health and our environment. Instead of yet another freeze, the government should restart the fuel duty escalator and invest the proceeds in public transport, says Baroness Jones

28 Apr 2017 Home affairs

Thought crime? Police are snooping on people for what they think, not what they do

Baroness Jones argues that the broad definition of domestic extremism is resulting in politicians, journalists, and social justice campaigners coming under pointless police surveillance.

Baroness Jones AM: Lords reform isn’t sexy. But we all know it needs to be done

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09 Jul 2015

Baroness Jones AM: Lords reform isn’t sexy. But we all know it needs to be done

Green Party Peer and London Assembly Member Baroness Jones calls for reform of the House of Lords and argues: "We need an upper chamber which is fully representative".