The Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Limits to Growth recently tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM), asking: That this House welcomes the call made by President Michael D Higgins of Ireland, on 28th April 2023, to look beyond the current obsession with economic growth and rebalance economy, ecology and ethics.
APPG vice chair Clive Lewis MP tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) to call on the Government to address the predatory financial practices as exposed in the recent BBC Panorama reportage ‘Crisis in Care: Follow the Money’ by amending the Health and Care Bill to prevent financial assistance being mis-used. Co-sponsors of the motion are Caroline Lucas, Dan Carden, Kate Hollern, Kim Johnson and Jim Shannon.
APPG chair Caroline Lucas MP tabling EDM—calling on the House of Commons to welcome the recent work on Gross Domestic Wellbeing by the Carnegie Trust, the aim of developing holistic approaches to understanding and measuring progress that focus on people’s wellbeing, rather than GDP growth; and to put this agenda at the heart of all policy making, including budgets, as part of ‘Building Back Better’.
APPG chair Caroline Lucas MP tabling EDM—calling on the House of Commons to welcome the formal opinion on a sustainable and inclusive wellbeing economy, adopted by the European Economic and Social Committee on 24 January 2020; and on HM Treasury in particular to at least match the ambition and leadership shown by the EESC.
APPG chair Caroline Lucas tabling EDM, calling on Govt to show leadership in acknowledging and developing alternatives to consumption-based economics.