Jardine demands action against stoning of gay men
Lib Dem MP for Edinburgh West, Christine Jardine MP, has called for the UK Government to take action to protect human rights in Brunei as the state enacts laws that could punish being gay by stoning.
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Jardine: Where’s Our Disability Minister?
Edinburgh West MP, Christine Jardine, has slammed the Government for its failure to appoint a new Disabilities Minister until Brexit has been dealt with.
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Jardine appeals to Government over two child cap
Lib Dem Work and Pensions Spokesperson, Christine Jardine, has called on Amber Rudd to scrap the two child benefit cap after telling MPs how badly her family would have been affected had it been in place when she was younger.
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Communities let down by banking changes.
Lib Dem MP for Edinburgh West, Christine Jardine has criticised changes to the banking industry that could exclude up to half a million people over 60, as well as people in rural areas or without easy access to the internet.
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Jardine calls for end to exploitation of cocoa farmers
Edinburgh West MP, Christine Jardine, has tabled a motion in Parliament calling for an end to the unfair exploitation of cocoa farmers in the developing world.
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Jardine demands urgent welfare changes
In her first keynote speech as Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions spokesperson, Christine Jardine outlined her priorities to her party’s conference in York and demanded the Conservative Government stop cutting welfare payments, end the freeze on working-age benefits and abandon the two child benefit cap.
Jardine: Home Secretary ‘open-minded’ on right to work
Liberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine has secured assurances from the Home Secretary that he is ‘open-minded’ about her Bill which would loosen rules around asylum seekers’ right to work.
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Jardine slams government over gender price gap
Edinburgh West MP, Christine Jardine, has slammed the Conservative Government for refusing to act to stop the gender price gap.
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Jardine Calls For Urgent Air Quality Debate in Parliament
Edinburgh West MP, Christine Jardine, has called for Parliament to urgently debate how government can ‘get to grips’ with worsening air pollution in the UK’s towns and cities, after a study has shown that that toxic air is now responsible for 1.6 million more early deaths around the world than smoking.
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Jardine welcomes benefit assessment changes.
Edinburgh West MP, Christine Jardine, has welcomed the Government’s decision to improve training for Work Capability Assessments and to keep an open mind on NHS involvement in PIP and ESA assessments in future.
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