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Your May Briefing from the Liberal Democrats in Parliament



Dear John,

The local elections earlier this month were an important reminder of why it is
so important we get more Liberal Democrats elected, at all levels, across the
country.

We did an outstanding job of electing hundreds of councillors who will make a
massive difference to their local communities.

We now move ever closer to the next General Election where we will hopefully
elect many more Liberal Democrat MPs too.

Here is just some of what our current MPs and Peers have been doing in
Parliament over this last month, showing what a difference we make in
Westminster!


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Carer’s Leave Act 2023 becomes law



We are proud to confirm that Wendy Chamberlain’s (MP for North East Fife)
Carer’s Leave Bill has completed its final stages in the Houses of Parliament,
receiving Royal Assent, and becoming an Act of Parliament this week.

This legislation will provide family carers who are also in work a new
statutory right to up to a week’s extra leave to help them balance their caring
responsibilities with their work. It is a great first step towards better
rights for carers, but there is still a lot more to be done and we will
continue to campaign on this.

The Guardian had a great write-up on our new legislation, celebrating the
impact this will have on millions of carers across the country. Please do give
it a read.



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Congratulations to Wendy, Lord Fox, who saw the Bill through the House of
Lords, and everybody else who worked on getting this law passed.

You can hear Wendy talking to Carers UK about the new law, by clicking below.


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Defeating the Government over coal mines




The opening of new coal mines in England could be banned after Peers in the
House of Lords defeated the Government on a Liberal Democrat amendment to the
Energy Bill.

The amendment, led by Lib Dem Peer Robin Teverson, would put a stop to new
facilities like the one in Cumbria which was approved by Levelling Up secretary
Michael Gove MP in December last year.

A ban on new coal mines has wide cross-party support, and we hope the
Government will listen to our concerns as the Energy Bill now goes through the
House of Commons.

This comes after our members voted to support Wera Hobhouse’s (MP for Bath)
motion at Spring Conference
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to solve the energy crisis for the long term.

Liberal Democrats understand that we need to protect our planet and wins like
these will help reduce emissions and set Britain on a path to a sustainable
future.



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Keeping you safe, at home




Ed Davey (MP for Kingston and Surbiton, and Party leader) has put forward a
Bill as part of our new Burglary Response Guarantee policy.

We are calling for a new minimum standard which would require the police to
attend every domestic property that has been broken into - something that is
currently severely lacking.

In 2022, nearly 75% of burglaries went unsolved. That’s nearly 90,000
burglaries where the police didn’t even identify a suspect, let alone charge
anyone. Not to mention that an officer didn’t even attend the scene in more
than 45,000 cases.

Our legislation would put a stop to that.



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Attempting to put an end to the Government’s Illegal Migration Bill




We have been very clear in our opposition to the Government’s Illegal
Migration Bill and earlier this month, Lord Paddick made an attempt to shut the
legislation down completely using a fatal motion in the House of Lords.

This rarely used procedure forced a vote on whether to allow the legislation
to continue. Unfortunately, the vote was defeated and this dangerous Bill will
be allowed to progress, but we will continue to fight against it. We all want
to put an end to the dangerous crossings on small boats across the Channel, but
the Government’s plans are not the answer.

Our policy
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put forward by Alistair Carmichael (MP for Orkney and Shetland) and voted for
by Members at Spring Conference, offers a compassionate, practical and safe
plan.



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Calling out gerrymandering over Voter ID




Speaking at a conference for Conservatives
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suggested that the Voter ID regulations that were introduced at this year’s
local elections were brought in to manipulate the results in the Conservative’s
favour.

Helen Morgan (MP for North Shropshire) called for an official investigation
into these claims by the former cabinet minister, to expose the real reason
Conservative Ministers pushed ahead with this reform and refused our calls to
put a stop to them.

Before the Local Elections, Helen wrote to Conservative Party Chairman
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following news that Conservative campaign leaflets had been printed saying that
voters didnot need ID to vote, asking for an explanation and again calling for
an investigation.


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Raising national security concerns over ‘spy ship’




Jamie Stone (MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) and Alistair
Carmichael (MP for Orkney and Shetland) secured a meeting with the Defence
Minister after Jamie raised concerns in the House of Commons about the threat
of Russian ships which have been cruising in the North Sea.

With heightened concerns following the Nord Stream explosion last year, it is
important that any potential threat to our energy infrastructure is taken
seriously.


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On Broadcast



Munira Wilson MP was on Question Time last night - if you missed it, you can
catch up here
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Here are a couple of other highlights from our media rounds from the last
month:



* Ed Davey MP - Speaking on LBC about electoral reform
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onLaura Kuennsberg about our local election successes
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* Daisy Cooper MP - BBC Newsnight on further allegations coming to light
about Boris Johnson
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* Christine Jardine MP - on Politics Live talking about our response to the
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* Layla Moran MP - on Question Time talking about the impact of the
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* Sarah Olney MP - on LBC talking about the country’s anger with the
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We aren’t able to share everything that happens in Parliament every month, but
if you’d like to find out more about what individual MPs or Peers are working
on, be sure to check out their social media accounts or websites.

You can find out more about our MPs and Peers by visiting our website below.



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