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We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Apsana Begum

• 27 Sep 2024: Tweet

  Parks are spaces of social change that can contribute to a positive sense of neighbourhood & proactively tackling climate change. I recently visited & spoke with groups at Tower Hamlets Cemetary Park and learnt about the challenges faced in both protecting & sharing the space ???? https://twitter.com/ApsanaBegumMP/status/1839688897149718886/photo/1 [Source]

• 06 Sep 2024: Tweet

  Climate change is rife with injustice & inequality, with the least polluting countries at the sharp end of the chaos. Bangladesh is continuing to grapple with the worst floods in its history. I attended an insightful briefing from @OxfaminBD on ongoing efforts on the frontline. https://twitter.com/ApsanaBegumMP/status/1832124147347980537/photo/1 [Source]

• 23 Feb 2023: Parliamentary Speech

  The added difficulty is that it is Turkey which, like no other country, opened up to the world’s largest refugee population amid Syria’s continuing instability, as well as providing vital aid. Can the Minister update us on whether the UK is doing its fair share by providing asylum and ensuring safe routes for victims of the earthquake? We have a shared responsibility to help those who are least well off, both in this country and around the world. With the effects of covid-19, climate change, conflict, humanitarian crisis, inflation, economic instability and now this earthquake disaster, internationalism and global solidarity have never been more crucial.

  Full debate: Turkey and Syria Earthquake

• 05 Jun 2022: Tweet

  Community gardens are spaces of social change, contributing to a positive sense of neighbourhood and proactively tackling climate change???? Pleased to help declare open the Jubilee Orchard at the Barkantine Estate along with community groups, stakeholders & representatives today. https://twitter.com/ApsanaBegumMP/status/1533535420000116737/photo/1 [Source]

• 19 May 2022: Tweet

  Instead of taking action to address the cost-of-living crisis and injustices like racism and climate breakdown, the government want to stop people sounding the alarm???? My latest for @LabourOutlook???????? http://labouroutlook.org/2022/05/19/as-the-cost-of-living-crisis-bites-the-tories-are-more-interested-in-shutting-down-our-rights-apsana-begum-mp/ [Source]

• 7 Feb 2022: Parliamentary Speech

  A comprehensive rescue package is needed: winter fuel payments could be doubled; the £20 cut in universal credit be reinstated immediately; VAT on household bills could be scrapped; and energy companies could be taken into public ownership to ensure that rather than profits being siphoned off, money is spent on reducing bills for consumers. We must be very clear that those with the broadest shoulders and the deepest pockets must pay their fair share. Why should working people have to pay for the failures of the energy market and the total shambles of Government policy? The challenges we face today do not come out of the blue. There is a reason that a key component of Labour’s 2019 manifesto was its green new deal, driven by public ownership of the energy sector and making sure we have value for money for the taxpayer. We have long needed systemic change. Clearly, the energy market does not work; it is not able or willing to deliver clean green energy at low prices for households. Public ownership of energy is common sense and evidence-based policy making. In the long run, it is the only way out of being held hostage by the oil and gas industry’s profiteering and destruction of our planet.

  Full debate: Social Security and Pensions

• 25 Jan 2022: Parliamentary Speech

  It is no coincidence that as the Government look to water down people’s power to challenge the state, a number of groups are using that power to hold them accountable. Indeed, a host of high-profile court cases, on disability rights, as I have addressed in my comments today, to police violence and climate change, are seeking to challenge the Government’s decisions. I wonder whose side history will come down on in the end—those who challenge injustice and power, or the perpetrators of injustice and power seeking to avoid accountability? We will resist this Government’s attacks on our communities and our rights, and we will overcome.

  Full debate: Judicial Review and Courts Bill

• 17 Jan 2022: Tweet

  The #PolicingBill is being voted on in the Lords tonight. It’s the govt’s response to the most effective protests of recent years: #BlackLivesMatter & the climate crisis. The Tories shouldn’t be given more power over our rights to challenge their agenda. https://twitter.com/ApsanaBegumMP/status/1371868865286840326/video/1 [Source]

• 13 Dec 2021: Vote

  Subsidy Control Bill — Schedule 1 - The subsidy control principles - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 05 Nov 2021: Tweet

  Just as we call for fair transition to a UK green economy, we must also call for support for climate vulnerable countries such as Bangladesh. This week during #COP26 I attended a celebration to mark 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence & met the Prime Minister HE Sheikh Hasina. https://twitter.com/ApsanaBegumMP/status/1456660162974998532/photo/1 [Source]

• 04 Nov 2021: Tweet

  .@miaamormottley is exactly right. The ongoing failure to provide enough funding to those on the frontlines of climate change is "measured in lives and livelihoods” and is "immoral" & "unjust". #COP26 https://twitter.com/tv6tnt/status/1455225256491298819/video/1 [Source]

• 21 Oct 2021: Tweet

  As a supporter of the CEE Bill, I'm backing #ZeroHour's COP campaign, which calls on @BorisJohnson to make a joint emergency strategy for climate and nature at #COP26 and #COP15 — as the PM said, "it's time to listen to the warnings of the scientists" ???? @CEEbill_NOW https://twitter.com/ApsanaBegumMP/status/1451178562526990342/photo/1 [Source]

• 16 Sep 2021: Tweet

  The greatest crisis we face is the climate crisis. Yet 21 local Labour parties and Labour members are being denied their rights to debate the Labour for a Green New Deal motion at Conference. This is an appalling decision that should be reversed immediately. [Source]

• 13 Jul 2021: Tweet

  I’m voting @SteveT_Unite to become General Secretary of @unitetheunion for well paid green jobs helping to tackle the climate crisis for all our members ???? ➡️ Find out more about his greenprint for jobs campaign at http://steveturner4gs.org/news/greenprint https://twitter.com/ApsanaBegumMP/status/1414843598542082054/photo/1 [Source]

• 05 Jul 2021: Tweet

  It was climate activists whose unrelenting protests forced governments around the world to begin taking steps to tackle the climate emergency. That’s the power of protest. That is what our govt are proposing to suppress through the #PoliceCrackdownBill https://twitter.com/MLopezSanMartin/status/1411059695503261697/video/1 [Source]

• 05 Jul 2021: Tweet

  The timing of the #PoliceCrackdownBill was never a coincidence. This Bill is a direct response by the Govt to the most effective & organised protests in the past year: #BLM & the climate emergency. The Govt shouldn’t be given more power over our right to challenge their agenda. [Source]

• 17 Jun 2021: Tweet

  The @theCCCuk report is yet more evidence that the Tories are failing our people & our planet: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57487943?utm_source=HOC+Library+-+Current+awareness+bulletins&utm_campaign=eb3eadff32-SES-current-awareness-16-06-21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f325cdbfdc-eb3eadff32-104047941&mc_cid=eb3eadff32&mc_eid=15becc1522 We urgently need a #GreenNewDeal based on public ownership & renewable energy - investing public transport & energy efficient housin [Source]

• 10 Jun 2021: Tweet

  Flying from London to Cornwall is just another example in a long list that illustrates how fundamentally unserious Boris Johnson is about solving the climate crisis. https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1402659741738885120 [Source]

• 07 Jun 2021: Vote

  Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill — New Clause 1 - Human Rights Abuses - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 04 Jun 2021: Tweet

  It is alarming that, according to the @The_TUC, the UK is lagging behind international peers in relation to the green recovery - ranking 6th of all G7 countries. We have to address the climate emergency as a matter of urgency! https://bit.ly/3uSiZPj [Source]

• 26 May 2021: Vote

  Environment Bill — New Clause 24 - Prohibition on burning of peat in upland areas - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 15 Mar 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  The impact of this Bill will be felt by marginalised communities more than any other. It will be felt by women, unable to protest at the everyday violence they face. It will be felt by ethnic minority communities, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, trade unions, anti-racist campaigners and climate emergency campaigners—

  Full debate: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

• 14 Mar 2021: Tweet

  Both the #PoliceCrackdownBill & #SpyCopsBill embolden male violence by public agencies. But they also propose to repress trade union, climate emergency & anti-racist activity. The #PCSCBill singles out traveller communities. Our activism must be intersectional. [Source]

• 9 Mar 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  Despite finally listening to trade unions and campaigners with regard to the furlough scheme, there was not nearly enough to secure a recovery that puts people in a better position than when they entered the pandemic, never mind laying the foundations for the economy to meet the challenges of the future, including tackling climate change and mass unemployment. Yes, the main rate of corporation tax will increase from the present 19% to 25%, but not until 2023. At the same time, the rich and big business are being treated to mouth-watering tax giveaways and reliefs, despite unclear evidence about whether that will actually create the investment needed.

  Full debate: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

• 24 Feb 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  The use of undercover police posing as protesters, committing crimes and provoking violence, including violent responses from the authorities, has been discussed in the public domain in recent years in relation to Black Lives Matter protests, actions on climate change and G20 demonstrations. Lords amendment 3B seeks to ensure that innocent victims are able to seek compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority. Throughout its passage, this Bill has triggered alarm bells for trade unions and justice campaigns such as the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign, which fear that these latest draconian powers could be used to interfere with the legitimate activities of trade unions. The deployment of agents provocateurs to commit and incite criminal activity, misconduct, malpractice and corruption during the miners’ strike has been well documented—the idea being to sabotage and destroy from within. Lords amendment 3B, while an improvement, falls far short of providing innocent victims with the right to seek justice.

  Full debate: Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill

• 13 Jan 2021: Vote

  Financial Services Bill — Schedule 2 - Prudential regulation of FCA investment firms - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 24 Nov 2020: Tweet

  Ahead of the spending review tomorrow this is Claim the Future’s summary report on a vast array of pivotal economic policies designed to rebuild our economy, our standard of living and tackle the climate emergency as we come out of this pandemic????????@ClaimFuture https://twitter.com/ClaimFuture/status/1330173506798186500 [Source]

• 22 Nov 2020: Tweet

  The continued practice of moorland burning is causing irreparable damage to our natural environment - throwing millions of tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere, destroying biodiversity, and increasing flooding. The government need to urgently #BanTheBurn ???????? [Source]

• 16 Nov 2020: Vote

  Pension Schemes Bill [Lords] — Clause 124 - Climate change risk - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 12 Oct 2020: Vote

  Agriculture Bill — After Clause 42 - Contribution of agriculture and associated land use to climate change targets - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: No

• 5 Oct 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  On the international stage, we must stand up for the values we share: of justice, human rights and democracy, and of working with others to keep people safe by ending conflict and tackling the climate emergency. It is because I believe in those fundamental values and because I am committed to keeping all our communities safe that I will stand up against the Government’s increasingly draconian approach, which seeks to strip away the very freedoms that people in my constituency and all over the UK hold dear.

  Full debate: Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill

• 29 Sep 2020: Vote

  United Kingdom Internal Market Bill — New Clause 6 - Economic development: climate and nature emergency impact statement - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 21 Jul 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  As has been pointed out by many, the covid-19 global pandemic has profoundly demonstrated that compassion becomes the tie that connects us to one another. Now, more than ever, we must come together and resist those who seek to divide us through violence, intolerance and hate. We cannot let this threat of terrorism take away our hard-fought-for rights and freedoms. We should not let our fundamental values be undermined. Our values are about caring for the whole of society and all our people, not walking by on the other side of the street when they need our help and support, and loving our communities enough to make this a place where nobody is homeless, hungry, held back or left behind. On the international stage, we must stand up for the values we share—justice, human rights and democracy—and work with others to keep people safe by ending conflict and tackling the climate emergency.

  Full debate: Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill

• 04 Apr 2020: Tweet

  ???? Congratulations @Keir_Starmer and @AngelaRayner on becoming elected leader & deputy leader of @UKLabour and look forward to working to continue to promote public ownership, the welfare state for the vulnerable, abolish tuition fees, tackle the climate emergency and much more???? [Source]

• 05 Feb 2020: Vote

  Transport - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 12 Dec 2019: Tweet

  4 & a half hours left to save the planet! Labour are the only party with plans to tackle the climate emergency that are achievable & consider the rights of workers Friends of the Earth scored our Green Industrial Revolution plans higher than the Greens! . https://friendsoftheearth.uk/general-election/election-manifestos-labour-tops-friends-earths-climate-and-nature-league-table [Source]

• 11 Dec 2019: Tweet

  The story of this election. Young people demanding a better future. A future with properly funded schools and hospitals, and action taken against climate change. #ClimateElection #VoteLabourDecember12 https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1204658322697146368 [Source]

• 17 Nov 2019: Tweet

  We must work to halt climate change, which is already devastating Bangladesh and Somalia. @UKLabour has promised to work with schools & libraries to install solar panels generating clean energy for our communities. It’s time to act - this is the climate election. https://twitter.com/labourpress/status/1195253789634256896 [Source]

• 24 Oct 2019: Tweet

  Labour has the practical solutions needed to reach a net-zero carbon economy 20 years ahead of the government’s 2050 target. Climate change already has a devastating impact on lives in Bangladesh and Somalia. @RLong_Bailey is right, we need to get going. https://twitter.com/LabGND/status/1187298423327866883 [Source]

• 22 Oct 2019: Tweet

  @LDNYoungLabour Thank you so much for this endorsement! It's time for a new kind of politics, where young people can access free education, gets people out of poverty and tackles the climate emergency we face! #ForTheMany #Apsana4PL [Source]