Community Engagement Breakfast with Caroline Lucas MP

Fri, 09 May 2014 11:00 in Community Engagement

Where: Dialogue Society Brighton Office, 201A Church Road, BN3 2AH, Hove, East Sussex
Date: 9th May 2014
Time: 11:00
With: Caroline Lucas MP

Abstract

The Dialogue Society is pleased to host the Green Party’s first MP and former Leader, Caroline Lucas, at its premises on the 9th of May at 11am. The purpose of the meeting is to strengthen connections between the politicans and local people such as Brighton&Hove residents, students and businesses operating in the city. The meeting will enable participants to air any concerns or views they have about local, or indeed national, policies which affects them. All are welcome – All concerns are important

Biography of Caroline Lucas

Caroline is the MP for Brighton Pavilion and lives in Brighton with her husband and two sons. She served as Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales from 2008 to 2012. She served as an MEP from 1999 until 2010 and as an Oxfordshire councillor previously. She is Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fuel Poverty, as well as Vice Chair of the Animal Welfare, Public and Commercial Services, Sustainable Housing and CND All Party Parliamentary Groups. She is also a member of the Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee. Caroline continues to be an active campaigner on a range of issues and has been voted the UK's most ethical politician in 2007, 2009 and 2010 by readers of the Observer. She is also in the Environment Agency’s Top 100 Eco-Heroes of all time.