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Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
David Lammy says British pint ‘safe' as MPs debate measurement legislation
The British pint is 'safe' under the Government, according to the Foreign Secretary. David Lammy offered assurances to MPs after he was asked to guarantee the 'most glorious of British symbols' could not be abolished as a result of legislation being debated in Parliament. The Product Regulation and Metrology Bill gives powers to ministers to regulate the marketing and use of goods in the UK after Brexit. It was amended in the House of Lords to provide protections to the imperial pint measure to ease fears over its future. The changes accepted by the Government would bar ministers from preventing or restricting the use of the pint in relation to draught beer, cider or milk in returnable containers. It also provides a definition of a pint as 0.56826125 cubic decimetres. Speaking at Foreign Office questions, Conservative former minister Sir Edward Leigh said: 'I'm a simple soul so I trust the Foreign Secretary completely. 'Will he assure me that nothing in the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill … will in any way nullify Brexit by limiting our deal to make our own decisions on regulation and to conduct our own free trade deals? 'And above all, as a Great British patriot, will he assure me that nothing in the Bill will allow any minister to ever abolish the most glorious of British symbols – the Great British pint?' Mr Lammy replied: 'Can I assure the right honourable gentleman that the Great British pint is safe under this Government. 'I will write to him on the detail in the coming days though.' The Bill will be debated at second reading in the Commons on Tuesday.
BBC News
28-02-2025
- BBC News
MP Sir Edward Leigh fined for opening car door on police officer
An MP has been fined for injuring a police officer by opening his car Edward Leigh, the Conservative MP for Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, pleaded guilty to a charge of opening a vehicle door so as to injure or endanger a officer was riding a bike at the time of the incident in Horseferry Road, Westminster, on 6 August last Edward, 74, who is the Father of the House, was ordered to pay a fine of £120 by Bromley Magistrates' Court. He was also ordered to pay £110 to the Metropolitan Police and a surcharge of £ force confirmed the officer was injured in the collision. The BBC has contacted Sir Edward's office for to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
14-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Lincolnshire gas field: Gainsborough MP 'very excited' by find
Natural gas found under Lincolnshire could supply the country's energy needs for seven years, a company has Resources, an oil and gas exploration company, said the potential resources were first found in the Gainsborough Trough sedimentary basin during drilling in company has now claimed that, following an assessment by Deloitte, the gas resource could supply more than 16 trillion cubic feet of gas and create up to 250,000 Edward Leigh, the Conservative MP for Gainsborough said: "I'm very excited and I'm not going to dismiss it." The gas is buried about 2km underground in shales and sandstones. The field stretches across parts of Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and South Abbott, the chief executive officer at Egdon Resources, said: "Modelling estimates that if this was developed it would generate a GDP contribution of £140bn and up to 250,000 direct and indirect jobs."He claimed it would also offset 202 million tonnes of CO2 associated with imported gas – equivalent to the annual emissions of "over 40 million cars".Sir Edward said: "I'm going to welcome all research and if it is going to power the nation for a decade and create thousands of jobs locally and safely, then I'm all in favour for it."Matt Boles, a Liberal Democrat councillor for West Lindsey District Council, said: "I welcome anything that can regenerate Gainsborough, but we need to really see all the details." Analysis by Paul Murphy, BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Environment Correspondent You may not have heard of the "Gainsborough Trough" before, but this vast area of land, which includes the market town of the same name, could soon be at the centre of a fiery debate about the UK's energy to reports, this "giant gas field" could meet the country's energy needs for a decade, create tens of thousands of jobs and provide much-needed tax there are reasons why it might sound too good to be fuel extraction in the UK is increasingly littered with environmental and political obstacles. In recent years there have also been numerous legal fundamental concern is that extracting new oil and gas will accelerate the worsening climate crisis. There will also be fierce opposition to any drilling plans that involve fracking, the high-powered shattering of underground rock using powerful chemicals to bring shale gas to the unclear whether fracking techniques will be needed or deployed here, but the Labour government has been unequivocal in its position on this method, making a pre-election pledge to "ban fracking for good".And, be prepared for absolutely nothing at all to come of this reported the example of the West Newton Oil and Gas project to the east of Hull. This was licensed in 2008 and described as "potentially one of the largest hydrocarbon fields discovered" onshore in the years has passed and nothing of commercial significance has been extracted from that site in East Yorkshire. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
The Independent
14-02-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
‘70%' chance of Tories merging with Reform before next general election, says most senior MP
The Conservatives and Reform UK have a 70 per cent chance of merging before the next general election, according to the most senior Conservative MP. Father of the House, Sir Edward Leigh, told GB News' Chopper's Political Podcast on Thursday (February 13) that the likelihood of a merger was 'very high.' 'If not a merger, then a deal,' he told the podcast. Leigh added that around a third of the party's MPs want a merger or a deal with Reform.
