In a charged Council session sitting until 10.30pm, Dacorum debated the 2022/23 budget, Luton Airport expansion and some revealing questions and answers with the Cabinet.
A BILL TO Make provision about the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament, including provision for the Repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011; and for connected purposes. BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1 Repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 is repealed . 2 Revival of Prerogative Powers to dissolve Parliament and to call a new Parliament (1) The powers relating to the dissolution of Parliament and the calling of a new Parliament that were exercisable by virtue of Her Majesty's Prerogative immediately before the commencement of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 are exercisable again, as if the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 had never been enacted. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the powers relating to the calling of a new Parliament include powers to
In the light of proposals to expand Luton Airport, Hertfordshire County Council, after discussions and debate, unanimously agreed an appropriate motion to limit CO2 emissions originally proposed by Liberal Democrat Cllr John Hale, and seconded by his colleague, Cllr Steve Jarvis.
TRIPLE SUCCESS FOR LIB DEMS IN DACORUM IN THREE LOCAL BY-ELECTIONS ON FEBRUARY 3rd BERKHAMSTED WEST (Dacorum BC) Liberal Democrat (Anne Foster): 924 [64.1%, +13.9%] Conservative: 318 [22.1%, -5.6%] Green: 130 [9.0%, -5.8%] Labour: 69 [4.8%,-2.5%] Liberal Democrat HOLD BOXMOOR (DACORUM BC) Liberal Democrat (Dhyani Seema): 1319 [60.5%, +18.3%] Conservative: 599 [27.5%, -4.3%] Labour: 171 [7.8%, -6.3%] Green: 92 [4.2%,-7.8%] Liberal Democrat HOLD.
"The Child is Father to the Man", expressed by Wordsworth in 1802 must have been a commonplace thought even earlier than that, despite "breeding" having long been almost universally held as the dominant factor in the development of young people and in fixing patterns of behaviour throughout their subsequent years. But Wordsworth certainly popularised this thought, which speaks so uccinctly to the importance of early experience in setting trends for adolescent and post-adolescent development and behaviour.
What the Government is doing, and why we're opposing it.
October is Black History Month - a chance to celebrate the Black British community, acknowledge their contributions and discover their stories.
Read Ed Davey's speech to the Liberal Democrats' Autumn Conference in Brighton
