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Wera Hobhouse

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Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1161open

UK-EU Youth Experience Scheme

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2026

That this House recognises, ahead of the EU-UK summit, the benefits the Youth Experience Scheme could bring to young people across the United Kingdom and welcomes the ongoing practical negotiations between the UK Government and the European Union to reduce youth mobility barriers between the two; encourages the Government to work in partnership with the EU to ensure this scheme is as beneficial as possible to youth in the UK by removing the cap on opportunities and therefore making sure young people are not unfairly excluded; and notes that this would allow those in the scheme to travel, study, and work freely in Europe, minimise financial and visa barriers to participation to ensure that the scheme remains accessible to as many young people as possible and lastly, ensure young people from Europe can contribute to industries across the UK.

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 994open

60th anniversary of University of Bath receiving its Royal Charter

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 October 2026

That this House celebrates the 60th anniversary of the University of Bath receiving its Royal Charter; recognises its contribution to education, research and innovation; notes that its founding commitment to advancing learning and knowledge in close association with industry and commerce remains as relevant today as when first established; commends its pioneering placement programme, helping generations of students become skilled, work-ready graduates; further recognises its global network of more than 150,000 alumni across 170 countries; acknowledges its contribution to enterprise, jobs and economic growth in Bath, the South West and the UK; and wishes the University continued success in its seventh decade.

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1003open

Oil and chemical spills at sea

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 October 2026

That this House expresses concern that between 2011 and 2015 over 2,200 tonnes of oil and over 7,000 tonnes of chemicals were polluted into our seas by UK oil and gas operations; recognises the harms caused to a wide range of marine life from commercial fish stocks to threatened harbour porpoises; notes that water companies have for many years pumped sewage into our seas with few consequences and oil and gas companies are now doing the same with oil and chemicals; further notes that civil penalties for illegal oil pollution events are capped at £50,000, which is a level far below any meaningful deterrent, with the cap introduced to align with regulations on land, yet the cap on land was lifted in 2023; also notes that a one tonne spill on land in England could therefore bring an unlimited penalty, but a 1,000 tonne spill at sea would be capped at £50,000, and the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning, or OPRED, must be satisfied to a disproportionately high bar that there is enough evidence for a criminal prosecution before issuing a civil penalty; and calls on the Government to tackle this pollution by bringing forward a ban on all new exploration licences for oil and gas as soon as possible and strengthen regulation at sea with OPRED empowered to be satisfied only on the ‘balance of probabilities’ to impose uncapped penalties for this unacceptable ocean pollution.

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