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Tuesday, 22 April 2008 |
CAMPAIGN ON 'TOXIC AIRCRAFT' STEPS UP A GEARThousands of flights are put at risk each year from toxic fumes leaking into aircraft cabins, according to a leading organization representing over 500,000 aviation workers across three continents. Liberal Democrats have joined the Global Cabin Air Quality Executive in their call for a public inquiry into substantial evidence that numerous toxic chemicals such as tricresyl phosphate and tributyl phosphate, present in oils and lubricants, leak daily into cabin air supplies. Lib Dem Peer, Lord (Paul) Tyler has been challenging Ministers to take the problem seriously for nearly a decade, as reports of 'fume events' mount and even the Government concedes that 1 in 2000 flights are affected. In October 2007, Lord Tyler revealed a secret agreement between BAe systems and two now-defunct Australian airlines to keep quiet 'obnoxious oil and other (the “cabin environment problem”) fumes affecting the passenger cabins of some or all of the aircraft' but Lord Bassam of Brighton, responding for the Government, refused to accept that the documents concerned anyone other than the companies that signed them. |
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
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"GAPING HOLE" IN CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS - TYLER The Government's plans to reform the British Constitution were branded as 'tinkering' this week by Liberal Democrat Constitutional Affairs spokesman, Lord Tyler. Speaking in the House of Lords, he said "The gaping hole [in these proposals] is the lack of a single reference to the very recent and very useful government report on voting systems, which must surely be at the heart of a representative democracy. As became apparent when we had a debate just 10 days or so ago, it is extraordinary that only about a third of those elected to the Commons can claim to represent a majority of those who voted in their constituencies, and not one single Member of Parliament now can claim to have a majority supporting him from the whole of his registered electorate. If we are going to have a British Bill of Rights, surely a very basic right of a British citizen is to be able to see his or her vote as having equal value to everybody else’s." Lord Tyler also challenged the Government Minister responding to confirm or deny stories in Monday's Guardian that the Government was considering a switch to the Alternative Vote system of voting for the next election, and made clear that reports of consultation on this issue with the Liberal Democrats were false. The Minister refused to comment. |
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 |
UNDER 2% DECIDE UK ELECTIONS
Just 1.8 per cent of the registered electorate affect the outcome of elections, according to Liberal Democrat Shadow Constitutional Affairs Minister, Lord Tyler. Speaking in the House of Lords, Lord Tyler said “I have just been in a country where less than two per cent of those entitled to vote seem to decide which party forms a Government…this tiny elite has huge power, and special financial interest can exerts disproportionate influence behind the scenes. Millions of voters, on the other hand, never have any impact at all on the outcome of elections…I have not been in Russia or Kenya; I have been in the United Kingdom.” Only around 8,000 people have influence over British elections in about 80 marginal constituencies, Lord Tyler added. In 2005, he said, only 34% of MPs gained a majority of votes in their constituencies. |
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
GOVERNMENT MUST NOT DRAG FEET ON LORDS REFORMOn the first anniversary of the House of Commons vote in favour of a wholly-elected second chamber today [Friday], the Liberal Democrats have warned that politicians should not delay in implementing the changes. Commenting, Liberal Democrat Constitutional Affairs Spokesperson, Lord (Paul) Tyler said: “It’s almost a century since real reform of the Lords was first promised and still we are waiting for a genuinely democratic second chamber. “Once cross-party talks have been concluded, the Cabinet and the Conservative Party must join us in lending their full support to the objectives of Jack Straw’s group. “The public is consistently in favour of a democratic House of Lords. They will not tolerate any further dragging of feet by politicians of any party.” |
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