4 July 2008
MPs back environmental health
The CIEH made history last week by convening parliament’s first environmental health group for MPs. Twenty-eight MPs have expressed an interest in the associate parliamentary group on environmental health and six attended its inaugural meeting.
CIEH vice-president Joan Walley, MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, told a well-attended meeting at Portcullis House: ‘There’s real scope to integrate the work of EHPs, so that your work is connected to the work we do here in parliament. I hope this group will get this agenda going as well as share best practice and ensure MPs are better informed.’ She added that the group’s work could contribute to proposed legislation on planning and climate change. More>>
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