Speaking in the Second Reading of the Offensive Weapons Bill, Charles Walker highlights the important role for local politicians and local agencies in addressing this complicated issue.
Charles Walker proposes amendments that would create a new European Statutory Instruments Committee - or ˜sifting committee’ - which would have the job of sifting negative statutory instruments proposed under the Bill by looking at each and recommending which require a debate and a vote in the House of Commons before they became law.
Charles Walker calls on the Government to ensure that leaving the Commons Fisheries Policy enables us to better manage our sea bass stocks ensuring access for both commercial and recreational fishermen. He also calls on the Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee to look at proposals to make bass a recreational species only.
Speaking in a debate on proposals to ban letting agent fees to tenants, Charles Walker welcomes moves to landlords to fund searches and referencing and calls on the Government to go further and require independent check-in and check-out so that the person checking the inventory does not have a direct financial involvement.
Charles Walker leads a Parliamentary debate on the very real threat to the Lea Valley glasshouse industry represented by Veolia’s proposals for a 350,000 tonne incinerator in Ratty’s Lane. He also raises the danger represented by Hertfordshire County Council being both the sponsor of the incinerator and the determining authority who are set to have to pay a break-up fee of £1.2 million if it does not determine in Veolia’s favour.