On this page you can find links to Wera Hobhouse’s work representing the people of Bath both locally and nationally, in Parliament.
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) isolation of Tibet risks huge environmental damage being carried out in secrecy. With the Central Tibetan Autonomous Region largely closed off to outside access by the CCP, there is little transparency over what is happening…
Oil & gas companies must responsibly dismantle their offshore infrastructure & clear the seabed once drilling is finished. The energy companies that have constructed the oil rigs and platforms in our waters should be the ones that remove them when…
Community energy projects like Bath and West Community Energy provide cheap, home-grown renewable power that strengthens energy security and lowers people’s bills. We must keep expanding these projects – they are vital to building a greener, more secure energy future.…
Brexit has wrapped UK–EU trade in red tape, piling on costs and delays for small businesses. Because of Brexit, many businesses now face double tariffs, paying when importing from third countries into the UK and then again when exporting into…
Violence against women and girls is growing, making misogyny a hate crime would be an important step to tackling this. When in opposition, Labour pledged to make misogyny a hate crime. Now they’re in power, they have gone silent and…
Women are being secretly filmed on nights out – often from low, suggestive angles when they are wearing skirts – with these videos then uploaded online, where they attract large volumes of misogynistic abuse and degrading comments. Videos of this…
Trump’s war on Iran has sent global oil and gas prices spiralling, hitting already struggling households and businesses hard. It has clearly exposed the absurdity of backing fossil fuels over renewables. Our reliance on oil and gas is risking our…
Children are buying vapes laced with the dangerous drug spice through social media platforms. I have been campaigning for tech companies to be held accountable and made to put an end to this online drug dealing. In Parliament, I argued…
In Parliament I pushed for the government to sanction those responsible for targeting pro- democracy Hong Kong campaigners living in the UK. Hong Kong authorities have issued bounties of HK$1 million (around £100,000) for information leading to the arrest of…