Public meeting asks for clarification over potential of more night flights at LBA
Leeds North West Member of Parliament, Alex Sobel, attended a public Airport meeting held on October 5, 2023, featuring Vincent Hodder,...
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- Sep 26
- 3 min
Alex Sobel MP Calls for Transparency and Community Engagement in Leeds Bradford Airport Night Flight
Leeds, UK – September 26, 2023 – Alex Sobel, Member of Parliament for Leeds North West, has today written to Vincent Hodder Chief...
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Water Quality: Sewage Discharge
Earlier today, the Labour Party gave the Government a second opportunity to do the right thing, and clean up their sewage scandal. Once...
- Mar 21
- 2 min
International Day of Forests 2023
On the UN International Day of Forests, I am calling on the Government to urgently invest in and support tree planting at the scale and...
- Nov 29, 2022
- 1 min
Urgent Question re COP27
Since the end of COP 27 there has been an Urgent Question on COP in the House of Commons. Watch my question to the Minister of State at...
- Nov 28, 2022
- 3 min
COP 27 my thoughts and experience
COP has grown over the years even since I started going in 2015. The core of COP is the climate negotiations which happens on two levels...
- Nov 16, 2021
- 1 min
Podcast – My role at COP26
#climatechange #ClimateCrisis #COP26 #environment
- Nov 16, 2021
- 1 min
COP 26 question to PM, Boris Johnson
Today, following COP26, I asked the PM if we would deliver the adaptation measures that small island developing states need so they don't...
- Oct 25, 2021
- 1 min
Manufacturing and Net Zero
Last week in the Climate Committee progress report I spoke about low carbon manufacturing capabilities in the UK.
- Oct 25, 2021
- 1 min
Housing and net zero - Climate Change Committee Progress Report
Last week I spoke at the Climate Committee Progress Report 2021, one of the issues I raised was on planning and net zero.
- Oct 9, 2021
- 1 min
Leeds MP meets world leaders to discuss world leading climate plan
Leeds MP Alex Sobel has met with His Holiness Pope Francis and US leader of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi as the preparation...
- Sep 7, 2021
- 2 min
Our electric vehicle future
As we move towards a low emissions vehicle future; how do we ensure that there is wide access to this new technology? The most obvious...
- Sep 6, 2021
- 2 min
MP Objects to Government’s ‘fig-leaf’ Jet Zero plan
Alex Sobel has formally objected to the Government’s Jet Zero plan, describing it as ‘fanciful rhetoric serving as a fig leaf to hide...
- Jun 29, 2021
- 5 min
Digital billboards: What is happening and how we make change
We have had contact from a number of people in Otley, particularly residents of Bradford Road who are deeply concerned by the new digital...
- Mar 12, 2021
- 2 min
MP requests 'call-in' for Leeds Bradford Airport decision
Alex Sobel has asked the Government to call in the decision to approve the new terminal building at Leeds Bradford Airport. The MP, who...
- Jan 27, 2021
- 1 min
Environment Bill
Yesterday in Parliament I voted: To have cleaner air To save British wildlife To protect the bees Tory MPs voted down these key...
- Sep 9, 2020
- 1 min
Clean Air Zone in Leeds
Today I got to question neighbouring Leeds Conservative MP, Andrew Stuart in the Commons, with regard to the Clean Air Zone in Leeds.
- Jun 9, 2020
- 2 min
MP welcomes decision to extend consultation on controversial airport plans
Alex Sobel has welcomed the decision by Leeds City Council to extend the consultation on Leeds Bradford Airport’s plans for a new...
- Mar 10, 2020
- 2 min
Alex Sobel wins Green Heart Hero award
Alex Sobel has been names MP Climate Champion at the Climate Coalition’s Green Heart Hero awards last night. The awards, hosted by Kay...
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