On this page you can find links to Wera Hobhouse’s work representing the people of Bath both locally and nationally, in Parliament.
Fracking is one of the biggest scars we can inflict on our natural environment. The Government must ban it. Fracking pollutes waterways and the air, drives climate change, triggers earthquakes and tears up our countryside. Labour promised to ban fracking…
On his first day as Prime Minister in Parliament, I pushed Andy Burnham to ensure protecting women and girls is one of his top priorities. Women are being secretly filmed on nights out, and the footage is uploaded online with…
Too often, victims of domestic abuse face a complex, unsympathetic court system that deepens their trauma. VOICES, a Bath‑based domestic abuse charity, provides wraparound support to help survivors recover and rebuild their lives — including guidance on navigating the family…
Dorothy House’s Bereavement Help Point gives people a supportive space to connect with others who are grieving. The service is run entirely by volunteers and brings people together to share experiences and find comfort in compassionate company. Initiatives like this…
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…